“The Microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all, But many sanguine people hope To see him through a microscope.”
Quote by Hilaire Belloc
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Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc was an English writer, poet, and historian, born on July 27, 1870, and died on July 16, 1953. He is recognized for his contributions to poetry, fiction, and political commentary. more
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Source: Complete verse [of] H. Belloc: including Sonnets and verse, Cautionary verses, The modern traveller, etc
Source: The Silence of the Sea, and Other Essays
“Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.”
Source: The Silence of the Sea, and Other Essays
“Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work.”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
“They say that if you get bored enough with calamity you can learn to laugh.”
Source: The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx
“A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.”
Source: The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx
“Love joins and then divides. How else would we be growing?”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea