Best Horace Walpole Quotes
- 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… Any
- The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it. Been
- This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. Comedy
- The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. Favourite
- Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due.… Acting
- Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony. Art
- By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense. Deafness
- I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due. Admire
- Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a… Age
- How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians. Borrowed
- I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing. Found
- Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to… Bills
- It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink. Dots
- Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs. Ambition
- The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon. Big
- The wisest prophets make sure of the event first. Event
- Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the… Beauties
- When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. Apt
- I can forgive injuries, but never benefits. Benefits
- He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had… Happiness
- I firmly believe, notwithstanding all our complaints, that almost every person upon earth tastes upon the totality more happiness than misery. All
- In science, mistakes always precede the truth Always Precede
- Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. Bills
- To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take… According
- 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. Compensate