The quotations of

Horace Walpole

English writer and politician

1717–1797

5 quotes.

This world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.
Letter to Lady Anne, Countess of Ossory, (15 August 1776)
Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, — at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.
Letter to Thomas Walpole (19 February 1785)
A tragedy can never suffer by delay: a comedy may, because the allusions or the manners represented in it maybe temporary.
Letter 123 To Robert Jephson (13 July 1777)
- Writing
Our supreme governors, the mob.
Letter to Sir Horace Mann (7 September 1743)
- Clever Jabs
- Government
The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic.
Letter to Sir Horace Mann (24 November 1774)
- America

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