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

Quote by Hilaire Belloc

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Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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'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...

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

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

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...

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...

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.