William Shenstone's Quote - Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish

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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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Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. – 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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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. – William Shenstone

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