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Love is a pleasing but a various clime.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
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Men of quality never appear more amiable than when their dress is plain. Their birth, rank, title and its appendages are at best indivious and as they do not need the assistance of dress, so, by their disclaiming the advantage of it, they make their superiority sit more easy.
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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
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Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature.
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