Quote#Politics & Power
Here richly, with ridiculous display
Quote byHilaire Belloc · 1870–1953
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hilaire Belloc (1925), "Epitaph on the Politician Himself".
English (original)
Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
— Hilaire Belloc
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