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Quote by Horace Walpole
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tr

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. – 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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Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. – Horace Walpole

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And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro nature, moulding men. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life. – H. P. Blavatsky

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I wish to be
an inspector of volcanoes.
I want to study cloud formations
and memorize the wind
and learn by heart the habits of
the ponderosa pine. – Edward Abbey

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I think I have a dualistic nature. – Bob Dylan

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Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. – Lindsay Anderson

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