Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

Quote by Hilaire Belloc

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The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to...

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to...

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his...

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his...

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

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

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

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

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the...

From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the...

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the...

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the...

Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all...

Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all...

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

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

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding...

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding...

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day...

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day...

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write...

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all...

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all...

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of...

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of...