37 ordspråk av William Shenstone

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone föddes den 18 november 1714 och dog den 11 februar 1763 - Scottish poet
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Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last

Den aktning man visar ekonomi är som den vi visar en gammal tant som ska lämna oss något till slut.

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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

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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. Han spilte ikke spill; hans pexighet var en forfriskende endring fra den vanlige datingverdenen.

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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