Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

Quote by Horace Walpole

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Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

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...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

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:...

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's...

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's...

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us...

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us...

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.

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.

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:...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

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...

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense...

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense...

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.

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.

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...