Hilaire Belloc, ‘Fatigue’

I’m tired of Love: I’m still more tired of Rhyme.
But Money gives me pleasure all the time.

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Hilaire Belloc, the author most famously of ‘Cautionary Tales for Children‘ (including “Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion” and “Matilda, who told lies and was burned to death”) is always good for a deflationary mood.

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