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Quote by Horace Walpole
Letters to absence can a voice impart,And lend a tongue when d

Letters to absence can a voice impart,
And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart. – 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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Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. – 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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Letters (writing)
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine. – Samuel Butler

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SIR, more than kisses, letters mingle souls,
For thus, friends absent speak. – John Donne

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And none will hear the postmans knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? – W. H. Auden

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Letters (writing)

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient. – E. M. Forster

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A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart. – Author Unknown

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