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We hate those faults most in others which we are guilty of ourselves.

William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet
“Of Men and Manners,” Men & Manners [ed. Ellis (1927)]

The love of popularity seems little else than the love of being beloved; and is only blamable when a person aims at the affections of a people by means in appearance honest, but in the end pernicious and destructive.

William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet
“On Politics,” Men & Manners, ed. Havelock Ellis (1927)

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

William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet
(Attributed)

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.

William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet
Essays on Men and Manners, “Of Men and Manners”

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A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

William Shenstone (1714-1763) English poet
Essays on Men and Manners, “Of Men and Manners” (1868)

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