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Horace Walpole Quotes

How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called fools for having imagined it could be brought to use: if it should be turned to account, we shall be ridiculed for having doubted Picture Quote #1

The best philosophy is to do one’s duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one’s lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it Picture Quote #1

I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours Picture Quote #1

We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush Picture Quote #1

Defaced ruins of architecture and statuary, like the wrinkles of decrepitude of a once beautiful woman, only make one regret that one did not see them when they were enchanting Picture Quote #1

Fashion is always silly, for, before it can spread far, it must be calculated for silly people; as examples of sense, wit, or ingenuity could be imitated only by a few Picture Quote #1

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The contempt of money is no more a virtue than to wash one’s hand is one; but one does not willingly shake hands with a man that never washes his Picture Quote #1

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How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called fools for having imagined it could be brought to use: if it should be turned to account, we shall be ridiculed for having doubted (Horace Walpole Quotes) The best philosophy is to do one’s duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one’s lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it (Horace Walpole Quotes) I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours (Horace Walpole Quotes) We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush (Horace Walpole Quotes) Defaced ruins of architecture and statuary, like the wrinkles of decrepitude of a once beautiful woman, only make one regret that one did not see them when they were enchanting (Horace Walpole Quotes) Fashion is always silly, for, before it can spread far, it must be calculated for silly people; as examples of sense, wit, or ingenuity could be imitated only by a few (Horace Walpole Quotes) The contempt of money is no more a virtue than to wash one’s hand is one; but one does not willingly shake hands with a man that never washes his (Horace Walpole Quotes)

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