Horace Walpole

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born

September 24, 1717

died

March 02, 1797

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London, England, United Kingdom

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avg rating: 3.16 | 898 ratings | 77 distinct works

	The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Paperback) by Horace Walpole avg rating 3.08 — 436 ratings — published 1764 45 editions	my rating:
	Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, The Vampyre (Paperback) by Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Dr. John Polidori avg rating 3.63 — 42 ratings — published 1966 2 editions	my rating:
	Rinehart Editions - The Castle of Otronto, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Northanger Abbey by Horace Walpole, Jane Austen, Ann Radcliffe avg rating 3.75 — 14 ratings — published 1963	my rating:
	Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters (Paperback) by Horace Walpole avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	Castle of Otranto and the Man of Feeling, The, A Longman Cultural Edition (Longman Cultural Editions) by Horace Walpole avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	Letters of Horace Walpole to the Countess of Ossory (Paperback) by Horace Walpole avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	Selected Letters (Hardcover) by Horace Walpole avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 1973 3 editions	my rating:
	Anecdotes of Painting in England (Hardcover) by Horace Walpole avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 1937	my rating:
	Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third (Paperback) by Horace Walpole avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 2006 2 editions	my rating:
	The Castle of Otranto and Hieroglyphic Tales (Everyman Paperback (Paperback) by Horace Walpole avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 1998	my rating:

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quotes by Horace Walpole

""The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."
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— Horace Walpole

tags: comedy, emotions, life, perspective, thinking, tragedy

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"I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel – a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept."
— Horace Walpole

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"When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles."
— Horace Walpole

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