"I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours."

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Source : Horace Walpole, John Wright, George Agar-Ellis Dover (1st baron) (1840). “The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts”, p.203

Horace Walpole

#Friendship Quotes #Dog Quotes #Betrayed Quotes

“All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.”

Source : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.159
“I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.”

Source : "Jerry Springer Talks Politics, His Show, And Why He Thinks We’re No Better Than His Guests". Interview with Mallika Rao, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2011.
“Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.”
“In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.”
“It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves. It really is a good thing that he will not be satisfied until he has gotten us exactly where he created us and re-created us to be. Most of us would have been satisfied to stay at home, and many of us would have quit the journey long before it was completed. But our heavenly Father won't give up until each one of his children has completed the journey.”
“One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.”
“There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.”
“Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare in the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?”

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