William Shenstone: Goodness

William Shenstone was English gardener. Explore interesting quotes on goodness.

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“Every good poet includes a critic; the reverse will not hold.”

William Shenstone

On Writing and Books

“Oft has good nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.”

William Shenstone

To a Lady (1736)

Fools , Nature , Sense

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

William Shenstone

Essays on Men and Manners (1804)