William Shenstone

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. ↗

— William Shenstone

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A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. ↗

— William Shenstone

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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. ↗

— William Shenstone

#control #force #great #into #move

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. ↗

— William Shenstone

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Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. ↗

— William Shenstone

#beauty #diminish #former #grandeur #increase

What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim. ↗

— William Shenstone

#chief #leads #making #pleasure #unhappiness

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. ↗

— William Shenstone

#displaying #ever #grounds #judicious #men

A fool and his words are soon parted. ↗

— William Shenstone

#his #parted #soon #words

A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind. ↗

— William Shenstone

#generally #good #ill #man #mankind

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. ↗

— William Shenstone

#begins #ends #falsehood #itself #liar