Dull Quote by William Shenstone

When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse…

— William Shenstone

Fashion is a great restraint upon your persons of taste and fancy; who would otherwise in the most trifling instances be able to distinguish…

— William Shenstone

My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.

— William Shenstone

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

— William Shenstone

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?

— William Shenstone

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.

— William Shenstone

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of…

— William Shenstone

Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion.

— William Shenstone

Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.

— William Shenstone

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

— William Shenstone

Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications.

— William Shenstone

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

— William Shenstone