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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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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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Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years. – Robert Orben

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There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girls sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system it could be a lot of different things. – Jensen Ackles

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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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Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor. – Chad Smith

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