English - Poet | November 18, 1714 - February 11, 1763
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
William Shenstone
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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.
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Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
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Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.
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Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.
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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.
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The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
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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.
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The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased.
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A fool and his words are soon parted.
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Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.
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