The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

—Horace Walpole

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About Horace Walpole

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was a British Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian.

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We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

—Horace Walpole

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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

—Horace Walpole

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Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

—Horace Walpole

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

—Horace Walpole

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It's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy. No time for reflection. No time to contract before another expansion. No time to grow up. No time to fuck up. No time to learn from your mistakes. But that notion goes against nature, which is cyclical. And I hope I'm now beginning a new cycle of energy and creativity. If so, it'll really be my third career. The first was as a straight comic in the Sixties. The second was as a counterculture performer in the Seventies. The third will be… well, that's for others to judge.

—George Carlin

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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

—Charlie Chaplin

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With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?

—Mitch Hedberg

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I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

—George Carlin

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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

—Charlie Chaplin

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