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It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.

Hilaire Belloc

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Hilaire Belloc
Age: 82 †
Born: 1870
Born: July 27
Died: 1953
Died: July 16
Historian
Journalist
Poet
Politician
Writer
La Celle-les-Bruyères
Hilaire Pierre Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc
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Make
Trades
Sing
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I'm tired of love I'm still more tired of rhyme but money gives me pleasure all the time.
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If we do not restore the Institution of Property we cannot escape restoring the Institution of Slavery there is no third course.
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