"By deafness one gains in one respect more……" — Horace Walpole
"By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense."
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Horace Walpole
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55 Quotes by Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole has 55 quotes on this site.
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Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
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Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.
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Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
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The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.
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I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't…
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To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.
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At last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul's,…
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I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to…
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Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.
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The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and…
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How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is…
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The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless…
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More Deafness Quotes
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one of 48 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about…
— Richard Masur
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I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties.…
— Stephanie Beacham
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Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely…
— Marlee Matlin
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We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory,…
— Barbara Jordan
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Late have I loved Thee, O Lord; and behold, Thou wast within and I without, and there I sought Thee.…
— Saint Augustine
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I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not…
— Helen Keller
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Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.
— Helen Keller
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The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things…
— Ernst Mach
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There are normal times when it is wholly admirable to be steadfast, resolute, unconflicted, and therefore when integrity is unmistakenly…
— Simon Blackburn
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A theologian who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses…
— Eduardo Galeano
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The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory…
— Michael Dukakis
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