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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
Writer
Hope
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Wells
Parasites
Well
Upright
Men
Palace
Palaces
Superior
Superiors
Poor
Flatterer

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