Quotes by Hilaire Belloc

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."
— Hilaire Belloc
"Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!"
— Hilaire Belloc
"I have wandered all my life, and I have traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment."
— Hilaire Belloc
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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (/hɪˈlɛər ˈbɛlək/ hil-AIR BEL-ək, also US: /bəˈlɒk/ bə-LOK; French: [ilɛːʁ bɛlɔk]; 27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a French-English writer, politician, and historian...