“That strange premature genius Chatterton has couched in one line the quintessence of what Voltaire has said in many pages: "Reason, a thorn in Revelation's side.” SaidReasonReligionSidesLinesStrangeGeniusPagesRevelationsPrematureOne LineQuintessence Author:Horace Walpole
“Dr. Calder [a Unitarian minister] said of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson on the publications of Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi, that he was like Actaeon, torn to pieces by his own pack.” SaidPiecesMinistersPacksDrsTornJohnsonPublicationUnitarian Author:Horace Walpole
“When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.” SaidThreeLanguageBrotherKingsMy FamilyShipsMannersCrewRoyaltyDukesWalesCoarsePlymouth 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.” YearsHas BeensSaidKingsSevenCuriosityVicesBoxesMythologySeven YearsPandoraEmmanuelPandora's Box Author:Horace Walpole
“Two clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, "Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?” ThinkingSaidTwoHandsWould BeHolyWingsFormalDoveClergymenImpositionOrdination Author:Horace Walpole
“It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.” SaidMiseryInkDotsMisersDuchess Book:The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford Source: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford
“I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept.” ThinkingWorldFeelsSaidComedyThis WorldSolutionsTragedyLaughed Author:Horace Walpole
