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Horace Walpole Quotes and Quotations
I am in a moment of pretty wellness. The world is a comedy to those who think; a tragedy to those who feel. The best philosophy is to do one's duties, to take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, and bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is. To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, to take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, and bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is. Old friends are the great blessing of one's later years. ... They have a memory of the same events and have the same mode of thinking. 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. Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads. This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. |