“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.””
Quotes by 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!””
“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.””
“The Church is a perpetually defeated thing that always outlives her conquerers.””
“The Barbarian hopes”
“Whatever happens, we have gotThe Maxim gun, and they have not.””
“Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.””
Hilaire BellocJoseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer, historian, and politician recognized for his remarkable versatility and prolific output in the 20th century. His Catholic faith profoundl...