Quote by William Shenstone
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is th

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. – William Shenstone

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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor mans hut, as well as the palace of his superior. – William Shenstone

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Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. – William Shenstone

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I am sorry.. Can only say time accelerated and skidded…. When my correspondents reproach me for tardiness, I can only say that I give as much attention to a letter as I do to anything I write, and I work at least six and sometimes sixteen hours a day. – William S. Burroughs, letter to Mother and Dad, 1959

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I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. – D.H. Lawrence

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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. – Golda Meir

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Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy. – B. J. Novak

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Approach the game with no preset agendas and youll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. – Phil Jackson

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