Quote by Hilaire Belloc
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Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfuls. – Hilaire Belloc

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Child! Do not throw this book about;
Refrain from the unholy pleasure
Of cutting all the pictures out!
Preserve it as your chiefest treasure. – Hilaire Belloc

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

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Death
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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

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A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. – Karl Marx

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In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice. – Tony Alesandra

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Youre biggest expense is the money you dont make. – Pante

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Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny. – Plutarch

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