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Glory relaxes often and debilitates the mind censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
Writer
Mind
Relax
Proper
Relaxes
Extremes
Stimulates
Fame
Censure
Glory
Contracts
Perhaps
Medium
Simple
Mediums
Often
Extreme

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