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> [History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/history-is-a-romance-that-is-believed-romance-a-history-that-is-not/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

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## More 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/ren-of-anjou-1409-80-painted-a-picture-of-his-mistress-s-corpse-as-he/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [Our supreme governors, the mob.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/our-supreme-governors-the-mob/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/a-poet-who-makes-use-of-a-worse-word-instead-of-a-better-because-the/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/foolish-writers-and-readers-are-created-for-each-other/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/i-do-not-dislike-the-french-from-the-vulgar-antipathy-between/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/life-is-a-farce-and-should-not-end-with-a-mourning-scene/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/lord-bath-used-to-say-of-women-who-are-apt-to-say-that-they-will/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/an-ancient-prophecy-pronounced-that-the-castle-and-lordship-of/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/plot-rules-nor-even-poetry-are-not-half-so-great-beauties-in-tragedy/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/but-alas-my-lord-what-is-blood-what-is-nobility-we-are-all-reptiles/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/i-do-not-admire-politicians-but-when-they-are-excellent-in-their-way/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/alexander-at-the-head-of-the-world-never-tasted-the-true-pleasure/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/the-whole-secret-of-life-is-to-be-interested-in-one-thing-profoundly/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/the-best-philosophy-is-to-do-one-s-duties-take-the-world-as-it-comes/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

> [Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/oh-that-i-were-seated-as-high-as-my-ambition-i-d-place-my-naked-foot/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

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