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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 Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases |
 Den aktning man visar ekonomi är som den vi visar en gammal tant som ska lämna oss något till slut. | The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last |
| A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. |
| Nothing is certain in London but expense. |
| The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased. |
| I have found out a gift for my fair;
I have found where the wood-pigeons breed. |
| 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 |
| Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes, Desirous still, still impotent to rise. |
| Of all that gives politeness birth, Of all that claims to please, In motion, manners, or in mirth, The surest source is ease. |
| The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters. |
| A fool and his words are soon parted. |
| 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. |
| Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts. |
| Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. |
| His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. |
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Ordsprog (1469560 st) Søg
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Billeder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
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