William Shenstone Quote

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.


The Works in Verse and Prose (ed. 1764)


Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.