"By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense."
― Horace Walpole
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Respect
― Horace Walpole
More From Horace Walpole
- "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn’t. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
- "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."
- "The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well."
More In Respect
- "I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn."― Maurice Strong
- "Don’t let your will roar when your power only whispers."― Thomas Fuller
- "I’ve always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden’s animations."― Stephen Fry