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

Quote by Hilaire Belloc

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Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day...

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure...

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the...

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the...

Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.

Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.

The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that...

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of...

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of...

The grace of God is courtesy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his...

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his...

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding...

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding...

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

Money gives me pleasure all the time.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all...

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all...