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Quote by Horace Walpole
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isnt. A

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isnt. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. – Horace Walpole

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Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie. – Horace Walpole

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Truth
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By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses one misses more nonsense than sense. – Horace Walpole

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respect
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I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if ones tongue dont move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule. – Horace Walpole

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Age
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Other Quotes from
Humor
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. – E. B. White

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Humor

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble. – Sinclair Lewis

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Humor

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. – William Gilmore Simms

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Humor

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. – Simon Wiesenthal

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Humor

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