The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
Top 10 Best Quotes
“He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.”
“But alas! my Lord, what is blood! what is nobility! We are all reptiles, miserable, sinful creatures. It is piety alone that can distinguish us from the dust whence we sprung, and whither we must return.”
“I can forget injuries, but never benefits.”
“A bystander often sees more of the game than those that play”
“There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.”
“I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.”
“This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.”
“Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man.”
“The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy cheek?”
“It is natural for a translator to be prejudiced in favour of his adopted work. More impartial readers may not be so much struck with the beauties of this piece as I was. Yet I am not blind to my author's defects.”
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