William Shenstone Quote

Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.


The Works in Verse and Prose (ed. 1764)


Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.

Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.

Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.

Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.