When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.
Horace WalpoleMots clés thinking decisions thought gardening decision clarity
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace WalpoleMots clés life thinking perspective tragedy emotions comedy
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Horace WalpoleI can forget injuries, but never benefits.
Horace WalpoleLife is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Horace WalpoleFoolish writers and readers are created for each other.
Horace WalpoleImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.
Horace WalpoleMots clés imagination humour
There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.
Horace WalpoleMots clés writing-craft writing-style
The gentle maid, whose hapless tale,
these melancholy pages speak;
say, gracious lady, shall she fail
To draw the tear a down from thy cheek?
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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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