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Quote by Horace Walpole
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Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. – Horace Walpole

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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. – Horace Walpole

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Life
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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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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 never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. – David T. Wolf

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The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness. – Martin Esslin

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It is not a fragrant world. – Raymond Chandler

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