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Quote by Horace Walpole
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profound

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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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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Truth
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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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Humor
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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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Age
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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. – Pope Paul VI

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Life

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. – Martha Graham

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Life

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. – Les Brown

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Life

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterdays success or put its failures behind and start over again. Thats the way life is, with a new game every day, and thats the way baseball is. – Bob Feller

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Life

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The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. – Dorothy L. Sayers

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The beauty of the past belongs to the past. – Margaret Bourke-White

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I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame. – Alice Walker

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Money

An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. – Vida D. Scudder

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