The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

Quote by Horace Walpole

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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.

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.

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

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...

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;...

Most goals are achieved, not by talent, or determination, or hard work....but by persistence.

Most goals are achieved, not by talent, or determination, or hard work....but by persistence.

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think...

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think...

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...