37 ordspråk av William Shenstone
William Shenstone
William Shenstone föddes den 18 november 1714 och dog den 11 februar 1763 - brittisk poet.
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 En människa har vanligen själv de goda eller dåliga egenskaper som hon tillskriver mänskligheten. |
 Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it |
| The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate. |
| Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
Emblems right meet of decency does yield. |
| For seldom shall she hear a tale
So sad, so tender, and so true. |
| What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim |
| A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind |
| The proper means of increasing the love we bear to our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one |
| There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy |
| Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true |
| A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich |
| Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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