Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 24. September 1717 |
Geburtsort | London, England, Great Britain |
Todesort | Berkeley_Square |
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Beschreibung | Horatio Walpole (/ˈwɔːlpoʊl/), 4. Earl of Orford (24. September 1717 - 2. März 1797), besser bekannt als Horace Walpole, war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Kunsthistoriker, Literat, Antiquar und Whig-Politiker. Der jüngste Sohn des ersten britischen Premierministers, Sir Robert Walpole, 1. Earl of Orford, wurde nach dem Tod seines Neffen 1791 der 4. und letzte Earl of Orford der zweiten Generation. |
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.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
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 of ridicule.
