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Horace Walpole

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was a British Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian.

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Quotes from Horace Walpole

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

—Horace Walpole

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

—Horace Walpole

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

—Horace Walpole

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

—Horace Walpole

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

—Horace Walpole