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Quote by Horace Walpole
Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. – Horace Walpole

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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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There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesnt mind who gets the credit. – Robert Woodruff

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Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with less noise. – W. Secker

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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! – Alexander Pope

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A person who cant pay gets another person who cant pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It dont make either of them able to do a walking-match. – Charles Dickens

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