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Quotes from Hilaire Belloc — Hilaire Belloc

1870–1953 England

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When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
'His sins were scarlet, But his books were read'.

Hilaire Belloc (1925)

Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged
I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.

Hilaire Belloc (1925)

Of three in One and One in three
My narrow mind would doubting be
Till Beauty, Grace and Kindness met
And all at once were Juliet.

Hilaire Belloc (1925)

You shall receive me when the clouds are high
With evening and the sheep attain the fold.
This is the faith that I have held and hold,
And this is that in which I mean to die.

Hilaire Belloc (1925)

The accursed power which stands on Privilege
(And goes with Women, and Champagne and Bridge)
Broke — and Democracy resumed her reign:
(Which goes with Bridge, and Women and Champagne).

Hilaire Belloc (1925)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hilaire Belloc (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.