A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silence as effectually as by anything he can say. William Shenstone More Quotes by William Shenstone More Quotes From William Shenstone There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. William Shenstone envy reason people The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last. William Shenstone aunt economy lasts Nothing is certain in London but expense. William Shenstone expenses london certain 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. William Shenstone answers letters best-friend Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. William Shenstone fool honest want Offensive objects, at a proper distance, acquire even a degree of beauty. William Shenstone offensive degrees distance The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters. William Shenstone writing people thinking A plain narrative of any remarkable fact, emphatically related, has a more striking effect without the author's comment. William Shenstone narrative writing facts Love is a pleasing but a various clime. William Shenstone various love-is Necessity may be the mother of lucrative invention, but it is the death of poetical invention. William Shenstone invention mother may However, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty; and simplicity is essential to grandeur. William Shenstone distance eye beautiful Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense than we find assurance; and impudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of downright stupidity. William Shenstone assurance stupidity hands Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence. William Shenstone magnificence admiration age Anger and the thirst of revenge are a kind of fever; fighting and lawsuits, bleeding,--at least, an evacuation. The latter occasions a dissipation of money; the former, of those fiery spirits which cause a preternatural fermentation. William Shenstone anger fighting revenge In designing a house and gardens, it is happy when there is an opportunity of maintaining a subordination of parts; the house so luckily place as to exhibit a view of the whole design. I have sometimes thought that there was room for it to resemble a epic or dramatic poem. William Shenstone garden epic opportunity Immoderate assurance is perfect licentiousness. William Shenstone assurance perfect Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive. William Shenstone almighty giving character Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice; whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born. William Shenstone fists men children A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately. William Shenstone abuse borders men Wit is the refractory pupil of judgment. William Shenstone pupils wit judgment
