Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford— also known as Horace Walpole — was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth24 September 1717
weed garden people
When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.
foolish reader
Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.
friendship dog betrayed
I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.
truth lying justice
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. Injustice is acting a lie.
love failure thinking
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
morning sleep night
The sure way of judging whether our first thoughts are judicious, is to sleep on them. If they appear of the same force the next morning as they did over night, and if good nature ratifies what good sense approves, we may be pretty sure we are in the right.
life wisdom thinking
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
life learning secret
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
music children would-be
Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.
error last precedes science
In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last
pain fear loneliness
We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness ... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush.
pain fear loneliness
We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness ... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush.