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“I am persuaded that foolish writers and foolish readers are created for each other; and that fortune provides readers as she does mates for ugly women.” quote by Horace Walpole — Download Open image

“I am persuaded that foolish writers and foolish readers are created for each other; and that fortune provides readers as she does mates for ugly women.”

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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…

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Our supreme governors, the mob.

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

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Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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