Foolish Writers Quotes by Horace Walpole

René of Anjou [(1409-80)] painted a picture of his mistress's corpse as he found it eaten by worms on having it [her tomb] openedon…

— Horace Walpole

Our supreme governors, the mob.

— Horace Walpole

A poet who makes use of a worse word instead of a better, because the former fits the rhyme or the measure, though it…

— Horace Walpole

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

— Horace Walpole

I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.

— Horace Walpole

Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.

— Horace Walpole

Lord Bath used to say of women, who are apt to say that they will follow their own judgment, that they could not follow…

— Horace Walpole

An ancient prophecy ... pronounced, That the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be…

— Horace Walpole

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of…

— Horace Walpole

“But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish…

— Horace Walpole

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

— Horace Walpole

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of…

— Horace Walpole