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
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Oh, we are ridiculous animals; and if the angels have any fun in them, how we must divert them!
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Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.
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If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary. The Act of Habeas Corpus, by which prisoners may insist on being brought to trial within a limited time, is the corner stone of our liberty.
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A tragedy can never suffer by delay: a comedy may, because the allusions or the manners represented in it maybe temporary.
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My aversion to them...springs from the perniciousness of that sect to society-I hate Papists, as a man, not as a Protestant. If Papists were only enemies to the religion of other men, I should overlook their errors. As they are foes to liberty, I cannot forgive them.
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Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.
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I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy? I hits them a rap with my crook, For 'tis sentiment does it, says I.
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The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.
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Defaced ruins of architecture and statuary, like the wrinkles of decrepitude of a once beautiful woman, only make one regret that one did not see them when they were enchanting.
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Fashion is always silly, for, before it can spread far, it must be calculated for silly people; as examples of sense, wit, or ingenuity could be imitated only by a few.
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Fashion is fortunately no law but to its devotees.
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Our supreme governors, the mob.
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Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.