Betrayed Quote by Horace Walpole

“I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.” quote by Horace Walpole — Download Open image

“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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