What did Hilaire Belloc mean by: Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. - Hilaire Belloc Copy
+ How slow the shadow creeps: but when ’tis past How fast the shadows fall. How fast! How fast! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Past, Shadow, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Admirable, Biographies, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Sailing, Wind, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Interest, Lying, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Death, Funny, Reading, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Conflict, Healthy, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Lying, Night, Shadow, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
+ Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight. But roaring Bill, who killed him, thought it right. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Army, Fight, Military, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
