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Quote by Horace Walpole
Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be wit

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. – 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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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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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 hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. – Edgar Saltus

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