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 Read Quote
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. William Shenstone Read Quote
The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters. William Shenstone Read Quote
The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last. William Shenstone Read Quote
A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind. William Shenstone Read Quote
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. William Shenstone Read Quote
The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. William Shenstone Read Quote
