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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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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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Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. – Horace Walpole

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Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. – Horace Walpole

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But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something. – Dabney Coleman

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But if you dont watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me. – Marion Ross

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Anyone in the humor business isnt thinking clearly if he doesnt surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity – or you burn yourself out. – Hank Ketcham

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Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those who lack it. – George Saintsbury

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