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Horace Walpole was an English politician, writer, and critic, born on September 24, 1717, and died on March 2, 1797. He is best known for his contributions to literature and the arts, particularly for his role in the revival of Gothic novels.

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“[The] taste [of the French] is too timid to be true taste--or is but half taste.”

Half Taste Being True

Author:Horace Walpole

“Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.”

Character Passion Half Situation Comedy Tragedy Operations Plot Imitation

Author:Horace Walpole

“Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!”

Done Half Wise Being Wise

Author:Horace Walpole

“How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called fools for having imagined it could be brought to use: if it should be turned to account, we shall be ridiculed for having doubted.”

Ifs Way Should Use Half Break Laughing Fool Accounts One Way Necks Dozen Posterity Doubted Balloons

Book:The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford

Source: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford

“Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends?”

Thinking Years May Young Grows Memories Half Growing Up Events Blessing Relation Old Friends Affectionate

Author:Horace Walpole

About the Author

Born: September 24, 1717
Died: March 2, 1797
Known for: Politician
Quotes: 119

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The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscriptsRelated source material

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