Consequence Quote by Horace Walpole

“Cunning is neither the consequence of sense, nor does it give sense. A proof that it is not sense, is that cunning people never imagine that others can see through them. It is the consequence of weakness.”

Horace Walpole

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings)

Consequence Cunning Doe Giving Imagine Imagine that People Proof Weakness

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…

Horace Walpole

Image

Our supreme governors, the mob.

Horace Walpole

Image

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

Image

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

Horace Walpole

Image

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

Horace Walpole

Image

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

Horace Walpole

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

“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

Image

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

Horace Walpole

Image

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

Image

Explore all 132 Horace Walpole quotes

More Consequence quotes

I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

Tom Segev

Image

The world's problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs are present…

Adyashanti

Image

The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from…

Carl Sagan

Image

When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who…

Christopher Reeve

Image

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Image

Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

Anonymous

Image

The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

Margaret Mead

Image

Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself…

Lord Chesterfield

Image

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

Ben Horowitz

Image

Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is…

Ron Paul