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He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.
— Horace Walpole The Castle of Otranto
Tags: melancholy, marriage, happiness

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Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
— Horace Walpole
Tags: never, school, world, age
We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
— Horace Walpole
Tags: ever, our, first, thoughts
In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.
— Horace Walpole
Tags: go, better, truth, science
Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.
— Horace Walpole
Tags: want, society, people, you
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
— Horace Walpole
Tags: high, place, naked, ambition
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