A biography for Anthony Hopehasn’t been written yet.
“Good families are generally worse than any others.”
“For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.”
“You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.”
“Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.”
“I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.”
“His foe was folly and his weapon wit.”
“I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.”
“I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”
“Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?”
“Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.”