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

Quote by Hilaire Belloc

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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...

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'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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

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...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

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...

The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

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...

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

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of...

When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of...

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old...

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old...