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Quotes from The Castle of Otranto — Horace Walpole

1717–1797 England

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“Peace, simpleton!” said the Princess. “Though he said he was unhappy, it does not follow that he must be in love.”

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And is anybody unhappy about another, unless they are in love with them?

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Thy purpose is as odious as thy resentment is contemptible.

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Have done with this rhapsody of impertinence.

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“My councils do not need a Friar’s intervention,” said Manfred; “and of all men living is that hoary traitor the only one whom you delight to confer with?”

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“Heaven,” replied Manfred, “does not send Heralds to question the title of a lawful Prince. I doubt whether it even notifies its will through Friars—but that is your affair, not mine.

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You think me ambitious: ambition, alas! is composed of more rugged materials. If I were ambitious, I should not for so many years have been a prey to all the hell of conscientious scruples.

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Manfred was not one of those savage tyrants who wanton in cruelty unprovoked. The circumstances of his fortune had given an asperity to his temper, which was naturally humane; and his virtues were always ready to operate, when his passions did not obscure his reason.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Horace Walpole (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.