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Quotes from The Cruise of the 'Nona — Hilaire Belloc

1870–1953 England

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I have noticed that this kind of fanatic, like every other kind, is in two species: the species which too clearly thinks out its own insane theory, and the species which remains perfectly muddle-headed.

The Cruise of the 'Nona (1925)

It is in the irony of Providence that the more man comes to control the material world about him, the more does he lose control over the effects of his action; and it is when he is remaking the world most speedily that he knows least whither he is driving.

The Cruise of the 'Nona (1925)

[P]rofessional politics is a trade in which the sly outweigh the wise.

The Cruise of the 'Nona (1925)

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