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…

Quote by Horace Walpole

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I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy...

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over...

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over...

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

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

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

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

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

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

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

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into...

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.

Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense...

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything...