"a decent, serious man of good intentions, without undue arrogance or vanity. Compare that with Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, or the breezy presumption of David Cameron, all with so little to justify conceited self-confidence; in it for fun."

#Starmer #PM

"Always keep tight hold of nurse,
For fear of ending up with something worse"
#Belloc #Hilaire #CautionaryTales

Some people grew so used to disparaging a rapacious vile government they can't find another hobby.

Discovery
Life is a long discovery, isn't it?
You only get your wisdom bit by bit.
If you have luck you find in it in early youth
How dangerous it is to tell the Truth;
And next you learn how dignity and peace
Are the ripe fruits of patient avarice.
You find that middle life goes racing past.
You find despair: and, at the very last,
You find as you are giving up the ghost
That those who loved you best despised you most.

Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)

#poetry #Belloc #discovery

#MyTopShelf

#tolkien
#DouglasAdams
#MarkGatiss
#DrJaninaRamirez
#CSLewis
#Belloc
Bit of a poor picture but, here it is anyway.