Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole Quotes
62 Sourced Quotes
Source
Report...
The keenness of his sabre was blunted by the difficulty with which he drew it from the scabbard; I mean, the hesitation and ungracefulness of his delivery took off from the force of his arguments.
Of Henry Fox, Lord holland
Horace Walpole
Source
Report...
[Lovat] was beheaded yesterday, and died extremely well, without passion, affectation, buffoonery or timidity: his behaviour was natural and intrepid.
Horace Walpole
1
2
3
Quote of the day
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
John Dewey
Horace Walpole
Creative Commons
Born:
September 24, 1717
Died:
March 2, 1797
(aged 79)
Bio:
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford also known as Horace Walpole was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.
Known for:
The Castle of Otranto (1764)
Hieroglyphic Tales (1785)
Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762)
The Mysterious Mother: A Tragedy (1768)
Most used words:
england
age
comedy
tragedy
happiness
feel
men
Horace Walpole on Wikipedia
Horace Walpole works on Gutenberg Project
Horace Walpole works on Wikisource
Suggest an edit or a new quote
Horace Walpole Quotes
Horace Walpole Short Quotes
Quotes about Horace Walpole
English Politician Quotes
Politician Quotes
18th-century Politician Quotes
Related Authors
Ann Radcliffe
English Author
Matthew Lewis
English Novelist
William Thomas Beckford
English Novelist
Mary Shelley
English Biographer
Family
Robert Walpole
Father
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes