William Shenstone Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.

  William Shenstone

  Character, Giving, Almighty

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.152

• The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

  William Shenstone

  Honesty, Character, Men

• I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally bears a contrary tendency. People's characters are to be chiefly collected from their education and place in life; birth itself does but little.

  William Shenstone

  Silly, Character, People

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.107

• Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance.

  William Shenstone

  Character, Action, Importance

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.122

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