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> [Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/oh-do-not-read-history-for-that-i-know-must-be-false/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

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> [ \[Read\] anything but history,.. for history must be false. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/read-anything-but-history-for-history-must-be-false/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

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## Other authors on False

## More by Robert Walpole

> [I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-am-called-repeatedly-and-insidiously-prime-and-sole-minister/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/have-i-given-any-symptoms-of-an-avaricious-disposition-have-i/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/admitting-however-for-the-sake-of-argument-that-i-am-prime-and-sole/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/and-here-a-most-heinous-charge-is-made-that-the-nation-has-been/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/gentlemen-have-talked-a-great-deal-of-patriotism-a-venerable-word/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Let sleeping dogs lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/let-sleeping-dogs-lie/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-will-not-attempt-to-deny-the-reasonableness-and-necessity-of-a/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/oh-do-not-read-history-for-that-i-know-must-be-false/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/some-members-of-both-houses-have-it-is-true-been-removed-from-their/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/the-gratitude-of-place-expectants-is-a-lively-sense-of-future-favours/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-have-never-been-afraid-of-making-patriots-but-i-disdain-and-despise/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [I can not, therefore, see how this can be imputed as a crime, or how any of the king's ministers can be blamed for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/i-can-not-therefore-see-how-this-can-be-imputed-as-a-crime-or-how-any/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/is-it-no-imputation-to-be-arraigned-before-this-house-in-which-i-have/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/it-has-from-the-beginning-been-carried-on-with-as-much-vigor-and-as/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

> [ \[Read\] anything but history,.. for history must be false. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-walpole/read-anything-but-history-for-history-must-be-false/)

[Robert Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-walpole/)

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