What did Hilaire Belloc mean by: The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram “a rising of the rich against the poor.” - 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
+ Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Empty, Worst, Writing, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Death, 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
+ Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hilaire Belloc, Gun, Maxims, 0 - Hilaire Belloc
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Explain - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
