William Shenstone Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• However, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty; and simplicity is essential to grandeur.

  William Shenstone

  Beautiful, Distance, Eye

  William Shenstone (1775). “The Select Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone ... The Third Edition”, p.121

• 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

• Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

  William Shenstone

  Pain, Giving, Prejudice

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