210 Quotes by Hilaire Belloc

Matilda told such Dreadful Lies, / It made one Gasp and Stretch one’s Eyes; / Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth, / Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth, / Attempted to Believe Matilda: / The effort very nearly killed her.

The term socialism becomes a common label for the various theories of attack upon the principle of property, the various policies of communal control at the expense of the family, and individual freedom.

Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind. We lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgment.