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9 Quotes for 'William Shenstone' in the Database.
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William Shenstone Quotes
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Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
Emblem right meet of decency does yield.
Topic: Apparel
Source: The Schoolmistress (st. 6)
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The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
Topic: Christianity
Source: None
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Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round,
Where'er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome, at an inn.
Topic: Inns
Source: Written at an Inn at Henley
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Perch'd on the cedar's topmost bough,
And gay with gilded wings,
Perchance the patron of his vow,
Some artless linnet sings.
Topic: Linnets
Source: Valentine's Day
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A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
Topic: Lying
Source: None
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A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
Topic: Miser
Source: None
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Oft has good nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.
Topic: Sense
Source: Ode to a Lady
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For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.
Topic: Story Telling
Source: Jemmy Dawson (st. 20)
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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
Topic: Zeal
Source: None
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