26 ordspråk av Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it, now and then, does not misbecome a monarch
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Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
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Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
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Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.
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History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed
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I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.
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I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.
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I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last
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It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.
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It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.
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Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
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Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads
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