William Shenstone
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“A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.” -William Shenstone
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“Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.” -William Shenstone
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“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
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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.” -William Shenstone
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“His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.” -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.” -William Shenstone
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“Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.” -William Shenstone
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“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.” -William Shenstone
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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.” -William Shenstone
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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. – William Shenstone
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