I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

Quote by Horace Walpole

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Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy...

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy...

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

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

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

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

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

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

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

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain...

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain...

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.

Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of...

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of...