“The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.”
Horace Walpole Quotes
1717 – 1797
English writer and politician, author of "The Castle of Otranto" and a prolific correspondent.
23 quotesAbout Horace Walpole on Wikipedia
“If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary.”
“A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.”
“The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.”
“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic.”
“And is anybody unhappy about another, unless they are in love with them?”
“The Americans are mostly engaged in trade and plantations. Their chief object is to make money.”
“Power is an intoxicating draught; the more a man has, the more he desires.”
“Good men are never concerned in revolutions, because they will not go the lengths.”
“The critics generally consider a tragedy as the next effort of the mind to an epic poem.”
“Bad men and poisonous plants are sometimes of superlative use in skilful hands.”
