Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it

Quote by William Shenstone

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

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

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

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

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

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside...

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

A fool and his words are soon parted.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

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

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

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

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

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you...

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you...

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think,...

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think,...

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is...

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is...

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

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

The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased.

The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased.

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most...

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a...

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a...

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

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

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without...

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

When the [Supreme] Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books,...

When the [Supreme] Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books,...