Creative Quotations from Horace Walpole (1717-1797)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Horace Walpole
(1717-1797) born on Sep 24

English "novelist, letter writer". "He is remembered for his 3,000 charming letters about England."

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.

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.

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

"In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last."

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "Instant Quotation Dictionary," by Donald O. Bolander, 1979."
R:	"In "A Kick in the Seat of the Pants," by Roger von Oech, 1986."
A:	"Letter, 3 Jul 1752."
N:	"In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
K:	"Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 27 Mar 1772."