Maxioms by Horace Walpole
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
That is the best -- to laugh with someone because you think the same things are funny.
That is the best -- to laugh with someone because you think the same things are funny.
Men ... are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Men ... are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
