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“The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.”

William Shenstone · Patriotism

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William Shenstone

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

Knowledge

William Shenstone

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Anger

William Shenstone

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

Friendship

William Shenstone

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.

Hope