Maxioms by Horace Walpole
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does
not mis-become a monarch.
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does
not mis-become a monarch.
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
Men ... are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Men ... are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
