William Beloe

William Beloe (1756 – April 11, 1817) was an English divine and miscellaneous writer.

• Q. If a hog is decided to be in the right, what is the consequence?
  A. He is almost ruined.
  Q. If in the wrong what?
  A. He is quite ruined.
  • The Sexagenarian: or, The Recollections of a Literary Life, 2nd ed. (1818), vol. 1, p. 324. A parody of the legal system: "Quote Origin: 'I Never Was Ruined But Twice, Once When I Gained a Lawsuit, and Once When I Lost It'", Quote Investigator (23 May 2023)

• Antonio Musa Brassavola
• Herodotus

• Encyclopedic article on William Beloe on Wikipedia