This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that fe…

Horace Walpole
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This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. ✨ Letter to Anne, Countess of Upper Ossory, 16 Aug. 1776
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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 (1967). The Y … ▶
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To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know. ✨ Horace Walpole (1967). The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. ✨ Letter to Anne, Countess of Upper Ossory, 16 Aug. 1776

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