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Them Quotes by Hilaire Belloc
- For no one, in our long decline,So dusty, spiteful and divided,Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,Or loved them half as much as I did.…
- It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
- Such are the mass of the supporters of either party. They derive their political opinions originally from some family tradition or some fanciful preference, but…
- Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use this…
- For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them half as much…
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