However, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty; and simplicity is essential to grandeur.
William ShenstoneThe fund of sensible discourse is limited; that of jest and badinerie is infinite.
William ShenstoneFools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.
William ShenstoneA liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
William Shenstone