"What leads to unhappiness is making pleasure the…" — William Shenstone
"What leads to unhappiness is making pleasure the chief aim."
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William Shenstone
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44 Quotes by William Shenstone
William Shenstone has 44 quotes on this site.
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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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A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
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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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More Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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