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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), also known as Horace Walpole , was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, south-west London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes. He was the son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. As Horace Walpole was childless, on his death his barony of Walpole descended to his cousin of the same surname, who was created the new Earl of Orford.
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“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.”
“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.”
“Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.”
“This life is but a pilgrimage.”
“The most remarkable thing I have observed since I came abroad, is, that there are no people so obviously mad as the English.”
“If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex."
And now you know the rest of the story.
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.”
“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.”
“Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.”
“This life is but a pilgrimage.”
“The most remarkable thing I have observed since I came abroad, is, that there are no people so obviously mad as the English.”
“If you love good roads, conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so kind as to never go into Sussex."
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