Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it. - Horace Walpole

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And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

Horace Walpole

Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.

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