Hilaire Belloc – 8 Quotes

8 Quotes by Hilaire Belloc

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

– Hilaire Belloc

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

– Hilaire Belloc

When 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

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

– Hilaire Belloc

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

– Hilaire Belloc

I’m tired of love I’m still more tired of rhyme but money gives me pleasure all the time.

– Hilaire Belloc

I 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

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

– Hilaire Belloc