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Quote by William Shenstone
The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Sc

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. – William Shenstone

Other quotes by William Shenstone

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

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Patriotism
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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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Hope
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A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. – William Shenstone

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Truth
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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A poet can survive anything but a misprint. – Oscar Wilde

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Poetry

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Poetry

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

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Poetry

I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world. – Russell Baker

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Poetry

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I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the womens movement. – Doris Lessing

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My husband is a human pincushion. – Author Unknown

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Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government. – Grover Cleveland

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Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Civilization