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Horace Walpole Quotes

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
Horace Walpole

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Date of Birth:
September 24, 1717
Date of Death:
March 2, 1797
Nationality:
English
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Select Horace Walpole Quotations:
Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace Walpole

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.
Horace Walpole

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

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.
Horace Walpole

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Horace Walpole


Quote Keywords:

Comedy, Feel, Think, Those, Tragedy, World
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