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William Shenstone
36 quotes
“Oft has good-nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) first seen 1736 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Verses to a Lady" (1736), in Poems upon Various Occasions (Oxford: Leon Lichfield, 1737), p. 65.
“Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pun-provoking thyme.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is a pleasing, but a various clime!”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I trimm'd my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perish the lover, whose imperfect flame Forgets one feature of the nymph he lov'd.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad, so tender, yet so true.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) first seen 1745 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jemmy Dawson: A Ballad (1745), st. 20; p. 188.
“So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) first seen 1743 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Pastoral Ballad" (1743), Part I: Absence; p. 190.
“My banks they are furnish’d with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) first seen 1743 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Pastoral Ballad" (1743), Part II: Hope; p. 191.
“I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) first seen 1743 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Pastoral Ballad" (1743), Part II: Hope; p. 192.
“Whoe'er has travell'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.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) first seen 1758 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Written at an Inn at Henley" (1758), st. 6; p. 228.
“She pleas'd while distant, but, when near, she charm'd.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let the gull'd fool the toil of war pursue, Where bleed the many to enrich the few.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Theirs is the present who can praise the past.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sloth views the tow'rs of fame with envious eyes; Desirous still, still impotent to rise.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A large, branching, aged oak, is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happens to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle size are alone entangled in.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a miserable thing to love where one hates; and yet it is not inconsistent.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love can be founded upon nature only; or the appearance of it.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every good poet includes a critic; the reverse will not hold.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Necessity may be the mother of lucrative invention, but it is the death of poetical invention.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While we labour to subdue our passions, we should take care not to extinguish them. Subduing our passions, is disengaging ourselves from the world; to which however, Whilst we reside in it, we must always bear relation; and we may detach ourselves to such a degree as to pass an useless and insipid life, which we were not meant to do. Our existence here is at least one part of a system.A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There seem near as many people that want passion as want reason.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Independency may be found in comparative, as well as absolute abundance: I mean when a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Second thoughts are oftentimes the very worst of all thoughts.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fund of sensible discourse is limited; that of jest and badinerie is infinite.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prudent men should lock up their motives, giving only their intimates a key.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Health is beauty, and the most perfect health is the most perfect beauty.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad, so tender, and so true.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) said by 1763 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source