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«The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.»
«Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.»
«To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,»
Author: Horace Walpole
| About:
Action,
Common sense,
Happiness,
Philosophy,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
bless, duties, respectfully, submit
«The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.»
«I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority»
Author: Horace Walpole
| Keywords:
antipathies, antipathy, insolent, neighboring, superiority, the French, unfounded
«History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed»
Author: Horace Walpole
| About:
History
«Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.»
«Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads»
«Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [To Be] old friends?»
«I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.»
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