02c. 1896 ADPhysicians of the Utmost Fame were called at once but when they came they answered as they took their fees 'There is no cure for this disease.'Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
03c. 1896 ADIt is the best of all trades to make songs and the second best to sing them.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
04c. 1896 ADJust as there is nothing between the admirable omelette and the intolerable so with autobiography.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
05c. 1896 ADWhen friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
06c. 1896 ADLoss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
07c. 1896 ADStatistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
08c. 1896 ADEvery major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
09c. 1896 ADI have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
10c. 1896 ADI'm tired of love I'm still more tired of rhyme but money gives me pleasure all the time.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
11c. 1896 ADThe pilgrim is humble and devout, and human, and charitable, and ready to smile and admire; therefore, he should comprehend the whole of his way, the people in it, and the hills and the clouds, and the habits of the various cities.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗
12c. 1896 ADAll men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.Hilaire Belloc / quote ↗