"A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An……" — William Shenstone
"A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich."
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William Shenstone
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44 Quotes by William Shenstone
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What leads to unhappiness is making pleasure the chief aim.
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The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign…
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So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
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Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?
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People can commend the weather without envy.
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Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose,…
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A fool and his words are soon parted.
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Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.
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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds…
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I hate a style, as I do a garden, that is wholly flat and regular; that slides along like an…
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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
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Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through,…
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