William Shenstone quotes - page 2

A fool and his words are soon parted. (William Shenstone)
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. View quote
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The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased. View quote
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Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts. View quote
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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior. View quote
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Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. View quote
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Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases. View quote
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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. View quote
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Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it. View quote
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The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last. View quote
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Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. (William Shenstone)
The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters. View quote
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Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. View quote
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What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim. View quote
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His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. View quote
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The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. View quote
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Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion. View quote
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Nothing is certain in London but expense. View quote
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