Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 24. September 1717 |
Geburtsort | London, England, Great Britain |
Todesort | Berkeley_Square |
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Beschreibung | Horatio Walpole (/ˈwɔːlpoʊl/), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. The youngest son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, he became the 4th and last Earl of Orford of the second creation on his nephew's death in 1791. |
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.
