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This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
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I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel – a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept.
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A tragedy can never suffer by delay: a comedy may, because the allusions or the manners represented in it maybe temporary.
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The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Horace Walpole
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Born:
September 24, 1717
Died:
March 2, 1797
(aged 79)
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