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Quote by Hilaire Belloc
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best t

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

Other quotes by Hilaire Belloc

Matilda told such dreadful lies,
It made one gasp and stretch ones eyes;
Her aunt, who from her earliest youth,
Had kept a strict regard for truth,
Attempted to believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her. – Hilaire Belloc

Category:
Deception/Lying
Author
Hilaire Belloc
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I shoot the Hippopotamus
With bullets made of platinum,
Because if I use leaden ones
His hide is sure to flatten em. – Hilaire Belloc

Category:
Hunting
Author
Hilaire Belloc
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Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. – Hilaire Belloc

Category:
Death
Author
Hilaire Belloc
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Singing
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The total person sings not just the vocal chords. – Esther Broner

Category:
Singing

I cant stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it aint music, its close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music. – Billie Holiday

Category:
Singing

If a songs about something Ive experienced or that couldve happened to me its good. But if its alien to me, I couldnt lend anything to it. Because thats what soul is all about. – Aretha Franklin

Category:
Singing

Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song. – Edmund Clarence Stedman

Category:
Singing

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