36 ordspråk av William Shenstone
William Shenstone
William Shenstone föddes den November 18th 1714 och dog den 11 February 1763 - Scottish poet
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 Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it |
| 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 |
| Nothing is certain in London but expense. |
| Of all that gives politeness birth, Of all that claims to please, In motion, manners, or in mirth, The surest source is ease. |
| Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases |
| Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts. |
| Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes, Desirous still, still impotent to rise. |
| So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return |
| 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 eye must be easy, before it can be pleased. |
| 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 |
| The proper means of increasing the love we bear to our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one |
| The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last |
| The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters. |
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