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.
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.
In short, he and the Scotch have no way of redeeming the credit
of their understandings, but by avowing read more
In short, he and the Scotch have no way of redeeming the credit
of their understandings, but by avowing that they have been
consummate villains. Stavano bene; per star meglio, stanno qui.
Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest
prophets make sure of the event first.
Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest
prophets make sure of the event first.
Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.
Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.
