Hilaire Belloc
Born: 07-26-1870
Hilaire Belloc was a prolific Anglo-French writer and historian, renowned for his wit and satirical style. Born in 1870, he authored numerous works spanning poetry, essays, and children's literature. Belloc's most famous works include "Cautionary Tales for Children" and "The Servile State." A staunch Catholic, his beliefs often influenced his writing. Beyond literature, he was also an orator and served as a Member of Parliament in the UK.
Book summaries for books written by Hilaire Belloc
Quotes
Let them eat cake.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?
I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.
The art of government is not to let me grow stale.
Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.
We leave to others our property; to our children, our names; to posterity, the example of our virtues.