When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
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Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.Hilaire Belloc
To my poor self on my deathbed,
And all my dear companions dead,
Because of the love that I bore them,
Dona Eis Requiem.
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Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for this Disease.'
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And mothers of large families (who claim common sense) will find a Tiger well repay the trouble and expense.
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Alas That such affected tricks Should flourish in a child of six.
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The chief defect of Henry King Was chewing little bits of string.
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