Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases. — Quoted

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“Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.”

William Shenstone · Poetry

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William Shenstone

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

Truth

William Shenstone

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.

Poetry

William Shenstone

Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.

Loneliness

William Shenstone

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Fear