Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.

Quote by Hilaire Belloc

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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...

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...

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that...

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

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...

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.

The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side...

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side...