Horace Walpole/later Life - 1768%e2%80%931788

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    The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.
    Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live...
    Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 30:19.