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> [There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pertness of a coxcomb; that, a consciousness, which the most delicate feelings produce,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/there-are-two-distinct-sorts-of-what-we-call-bashfulness-this-the/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

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## More by Henry Mackenzie

> [It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/it-is-from-the-remembrance-of-joys-we-have-lost-that-the-arrows-of/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/pedantry-in-the-common-acceptation-of-the-word-means-an-absurd/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/what-signifies-sadness-sir-a-man-grows-lean-on-it/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/people-do-not-care-to-give-alms-without-some-security-for-their-money/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/there-are-two-distinct-sorts-of-what-we-call-bashfulness-this-the/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/it-is-only-from-the-belief-of-the-goodness-and-wisdom-of-a-supreme/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/indeed-i-have-observed-one-ingredient-somewhat-necessary-in-a-man-s/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [Fame is a revenue payable only to our ghosts; and to deny ourselves all present satisfaction, or to expose ourselves to so much hazard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/fame-is-a-revenue-payable-only-to-our-ghosts-and-to-deny-ourselves/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

> [Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/mankind-in-the-gross-is-a-gaping-monster-that-loves-to-be-deceived/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

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