Author: William Shenstone

Quotes

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

- William Shenstone

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.

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.

- William Shenstone

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

- William Shenstone

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

- William Shenstone

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.

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.

- William Shenstone

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

- William Shenstone

A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind.

A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind.

- William Shenstone

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.

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.

- William Shenstone

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

- William Shenstone

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