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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 whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.”

Has Beens Whole Nations Humour Wit Void Incapable Scotch

Book:The letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford

Source: The letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford

“I have sometimes seen women, who would have been sensible enough, if they would have been content not to be called women of sense--but by aiming at what they had not, they only proved absurd--for sense cannot be counterfeited.”

Ifs Has Beens Sometimes Enough Women Absurd Sensible Misogyny

Author:Horace Walpole

“Shakespeare had no tutors but nature and genius. He caught his faults from the bad taste of his contemporaries. In an age still less civilized Shakespeare might have been wilder, but would not have been vulgar.”

Has Beens Stills Might Age Genius Taste Faults Caught Civilized Vulgar Might Have Been Bad Taste Wilder Tutor

Author:Horace Walpole

“When the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology told him all the vices were enclosed in Pandora's box. "What! all!" said the Prince. "Yes, all." "No," said the Prince; "curiosity must have been without.”

Years Has Beens Said Kings Seven Curiosity Vices Boxes Mythology Seven Years Pandora Emmanuel Pandora's Box

Author:Horace Walpole

“I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company.”

Ifs Has Beens Company Obliged Bad Company

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Horace Walpole (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Horace Walpole (Illustrated)

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

The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of OrfordRelated source material

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of OxfordRelated source material

The castle of OtrantoRelated source material

The letters of Horace Walpole, earl of OrfordRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Horace Walpole (Illustrated)Related source material

The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford ...Related source material

The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's CorrespondenceRelated source material

Memoires of the Last Ten years of the Reign of George the SecondRelated source material

Horace Walpole: Memoirs and PortraitsRelated source material

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