"Little Souls, like small Liquors, are the most easily sour'd."
— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Work Title
Date
1780?
Metaphor
"Little Souls, like small Liquors, are the most easily sour'd."
Metaphor in Context
The generality of Men never cease to be Children.
Great Minds produce great Vices as well as great Virtues.
Little Souls, like small Liquors, are the most easily sour'd.
Some People are busy, and yet do nothing.
To be often in Love shews levity of Mind; but to be never so Stupidity.
[...]
Great Minds produce great Vices as well as great Virtues.
Little Souls, like small Liquors, are the most easily sour'd.
Some People are busy, and yet do nothing.
To be often in Love shews levity of Mind; but to be never so Stupidity.
[...]
Provenance
Reading at the Clark Library
Citation
Lewis, W. S. The Impenetrable Secret, Probably Invented by Horace Walpole: An Explanation of the Secret; with a Note on the Original. (Farmington, Conn: Privately Printed, 1939).
Date of Entry
07/10/2025
