Cautionary Tales for Children, and New Cautionary Tales (1930). Belloc also wrote
both serious and light verse.
(Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre) Belloc
English poet and author
'And always keep a-hold of Nurse / For fear of finding something worse.'
[Cautionary Tales, 'Jim']
(Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre) Belloc
English poet and author
'Carthage had not desired to create, but only to enjoy: therefore she left us nothing.'
[Esto Perpetua]
(Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre) Belloc
English poet and author
'Child! do not throw this book about; / Refrain from the unholy pleasure / Of cutting all
the pictures out! / Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.'
[Bad Child's Book of Beasts dedication]
(Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre) Belloc
English poet and author
'Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This is a
rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject
me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity
of being your representative.'
[Speech to voters of South Salford 1906]
(Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre) Belloc
English poet and author
'Godolphin Horne was nobly born; / He held the human race in scorn.'
[Cautionary Tales, 'Godolphin Horne']
(Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre) Belloc
English writer and critic
'He was not dull; but he was cut off ... He thought in straight lines.'
[On King James II, in James II]