Hilaire Belloc said this quote

“ For I know that we laughers have a gross cousinship with the most high, and it is this contrast and perpetual quarrel which feeds a spring of merriment in the soul of a sane man. ”

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From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,There's nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends.

~ Hilaire Belloc

When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

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Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!

~ Hilaire Belloc

No, she laughed. How on earth could that be done? If you try to laugh and say ‘No’ at the same time, it sounds like neighing — yet people are perpetually doing it in novels. If they did it in real life they would be locked up.

~ Hilaire Belloc