Quote by: Horace Walpole

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.


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  • NameHorace Walpole
  • DescriptionEnglish art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician
  • BornSeptember 24, 1717
  • DiedMarch 2, 1797
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Autobiographer
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society