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“The hearts of both had drunk so deeply of a passion which both now tasted for the first time.”
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“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
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“Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man.”
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“Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.”
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“A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not mis-become a monarch.”
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“Fashion is fortunately no law but to its devotees.”
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“Posterity always degenerates till it becomes our ancestors.”
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“Without grace no book can live, and with it the poorest may have its life prolonged.”
“Oh, we are ridiculous animals; and if the angels have any fun in them, how we must divert them!”
Source: The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts
“Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.”
Source: Letters Addressed to the Countess of Ossory, from the Year 1769 to 1797: Now First Printed from Original Mss. Edited, with Notes, by R. Vernon Smith
Source: The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford
“The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy.”
Source: The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts
Source: The letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford
“Ponder, your comedies are woeful chaff: Write tragedies, when you would make us laugh.”
Source: The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq., [and Others].: 1760-1769