Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short phase in his life; it hardly ever colors his character as a whole and has nothing to do with the moral and intellectual stuff of the mind and soul. Many great artists, perhaps most great artists, have been poor fellows indeed, whom to know was to despise.
Hilaire BellocAn institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.
Hilaire BellocJust as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.
Hilaire Belloc