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

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

—Horace Walpole

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The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

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Our thoughts limit what we're capable of doing. There are external forces arrayed against us, but there are also internal forces that sabotage us before we even get started. Our mind is good at setting us up for failure and getting us to think small. But I have found that we will do for love that which we don't think is possible. So the question to ask ourselves is "What do I love?

—Julia Butterfly Hill

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Dream is not a revelation. If a dream affords the dreamer some light on himself, it is not the person with closed eyes who makes the discovery but the person with open eyes, lucid enough to fit thoughts together. Dream—a scintillating mirage surrounded by shadows—is essentially poetry.

—Michel Leiris

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No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

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An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

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