--- title: "11 World Quotes By Horace Walpole" description: "11 World quotes by Horace Walpole. Plus more from Horace Walpole and more World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/horace-walpole-3357_comedy_this-world-is-a-comedy-not-life-2252186_2252186.jpg" --- > [This world is a comedy, not Life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/this-world-is-a-comedy-not-life/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/horace-walpole-3357_comedy_this-world-is-a-comedy-not-life-2252186_2252186.jpg) > [Exercise is the worst thing in the world and as bad an invention as gunpowder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/exercise-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-and-as-bad-an-invention-as/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/horace-walpole-3357_exercise_exercise-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world_1922342.jpg) > [Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/horace-walpole-3357_age_alexander-at-the-head-of-the-world-never_295964.jpg) > [Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/men-are-sent-into-the-world-with-bills-of-credit-and-seldom-draw-to/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/horace-walpole-3357_bills_men-are-sent-into-the-world-with-bills-o_2509350.jpg) > [This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/this-world-is-a-comedy-to-those-that-think-a-tragedy-to-those-that/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/horace-walpole-3357_comedy_this-world-is-a-comedy-to-those-that-thi_1275596.jpg) > [ Nothing has shown more fully the prodigious ignorance of human ideas and their littleness, than the discovery of \[Sir William\] Herschell, that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/nothing-has-shown-more-fully-the-prodigious-ignorance-of-human-ideas/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/horace-walpole-3357_discovery_nothing-has-shown-more-fully-the-prodigi_1429214.jpg) > [I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/i-have-often-said-and-oftener-think-that-this-world-is-a-comedy-to/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/horace-walpole-3357_comedy_i-have-often-said-and-oftener-think-that_1318063.jpg) > [One's mind suffers only when one is young and while one is ignorant of the world. When one has lived for some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/one-s-mind-suffers-only-when-one-is-young-and-while-one-is-ignorant/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/horace-walpole-3357_age_one-s-mind-suffers-only-when-one-is-youn_581889.jpg) > [Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/men-are-often-capable-of-greater-things-than-they-perform-they-are/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/horace-walpole-3357_bills_men-are-often-capable-of-greater-things_2587879.jpg) > [The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/horace-walpole-3357_bless_the-best-philosophy-is-to-do-one-s-dutie_384023.jpg) > [What is called chance is the instrument of Providence and the secret agent that counteracts what men call wisdom, and preserves order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/what-is-called-chance-is-the-instrument-of-providence-and-the-secret/) [Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/horace-walpole-3357_agents_what-is-called-chance-is-the-instrument_2103950.jpg) ## Other authors on World - 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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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/horace-walpole/#itemlist", "name": "11 World Quotes By Horace Walpole", 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