“Barking dogs never bite. The danger in France arose from silent and instantaneous action. They said nothing, and did every thing—ours say every thing, and will do nothing.”

— Horace Walpole, Walpoliana (1799; 1825 printing), 'Democrats', p. 34

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1717 – 1797

English writer and politician, author of "The Castle of Otranto" and a prolific correspondent.

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