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“Those who are incapable of shining out by dress would do well to consider that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage.”

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William Shenstone

William Shenstone was an English poet, born on November 18, 1714, and died on February 11, 1763. His poetry is known for its fresh and natural style and its depiction of rural life. more

“A wound in the friendship of young persons, as in the bark of young trees, may be so grown over as to leave no scar. The case is very different in regard to old persons and old timber. The reason of this may be accountable from the decline of the social passions, and the prevalence of spleen, suspicion, and rancor towards the latter part of life.”

Source: Essays on men and manners. A description of the Leasowes, the seat of the late William Shenstone, esq., by R. Dodsley. Verses to Mr. Shenstone

“When misfortunes happen to such as dissent from us in matters of religion, we call them judgments; when to those of our own sect, we call them trials; when to persons neither way distinguished, we are content to attribute them to the settled course of things.”

Way Persons Matter Happens Courses Judgment Trials Misfortunes Attributes Distinguished Dissent Sects

Author:William Shenstone

“Love can be founded upon Nature only.”

Nature

Book:The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: In Two Volumes. With Decorations

Source: The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: In Two Volumes. With Decorations

“Whoe'er excels in what we prize, appears a hero in our eyes.”

Eye Hero Prize

Author:William Shenstone

“I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally bears a contrary tendency. People's characters are to be chiefly collected from their education and place in life; birth itself does but little.”