Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford— also known as Horace Walpole — was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth24 September 1717
taken soul melancholy
He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.
weed garden people
When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.
wise half done
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
summer august way
The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.
vanity self impossible
It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.
moving thinking talking
I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.
delicacy spirit inspired
[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV.
anger passion giving
The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and good nature will rarely, very rarely, approve the first hints of anger.
doe modern curse
The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy.
confidence mistake
In science, mistakes always precede the truth
forgiving benefits injury
I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.
happiness believe earth
I firmly believe, notwithstanding all our complaints, that almost every person upon earth tastes upon the totality more happiness than misery.
discovery vision chance
Serendipitous discoveries are made by chance, found without looking for them but possible only through a sharp vision and sagacity, ready to see the unexpected and never indulgent with the apparently unexplainable.
want england conquer
Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.