155 Quotes by Horace Walpole

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.

If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the northest part of England; the whole country has a Saxon air, and the inhabitants are savage."- To George Montagu, Esq., August 26, 1749

In science, mistakes always precede the truth.

[...] the hearts of both had drunk so deeply of a passion which both now tasted for the first time.

Nor have I forgotten sir. that the charity of his daughter delivered me from his power. I can forget injuries but never benefits.

The most remarkable thing I have observed since I came abroad, is, that there are no people so obviously mad as the English.