Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Bellocwas an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong impact on his works. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 July 1870
men catholic mind
It is Mind which determines the change of Society, and it was because the mind at work was a Catholic mind that the slave became a serf and was on his way to becoming a peasant and a fully free man-a man free economically as well as politically. The whole spirit of the Church was for small property, and that spirit was slowly, instinctively, working for the establishment of small property throughout Christendom.
taken acting economic
When well-divided property has disappeared and Capitalism has taken its place, you cannot reverse the process without acting against natural economic tendencies.
love song memories
For no one, in our long decline,So dusty, spiteful and divided,Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,Or loved them half as much as I did. [stanza 3]The library was most inviting:The books upon the crowded shelvesWere mainly of our private writing:We kept a school and taught ourselves. [stanza 15]From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,Theres nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends. [stanza 22]You do retain the song we set,And how it rises, trips and scans?You keep the sacred memory yet,Republicans? Republicans?[stanza 36]
pain business remember
Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfulls.
people mind littles
When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large a trunk before.
men healthy conflict
All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.
heart lied said
I said to Heart, "How goes it?" Heart replied: "Right as a Ribstone Pippin!" But it lied.
heart grace holiness
Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy.
bridges democracy reign
The accursed power which stands on privilege( and goes with women, champagne and bridge) Broke - and democracy resumed her reign ( which goes with bridge and women and champagne.
remember can-do
Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.
self lasts england
When you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves, for you will have lost the last of England.
morning hands looks
But if I be asked what sign we may look for to show that the advance of the faith is at hand I would answer by a word the modern world has forgotten: Persecution. When that shall once more be at work it will be morning.
nurse findings
[A]lways keep a-hold of Nurse For fear of finding something worse
disease physicians fame
Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for this Disease.'