There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any degree of deference, it seems necessary that people should imagine you have more accomplishments than you discover.


The Works in Verse and Prose (ed. 1764)

William Shenstone Quotes

There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any...

There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any...

There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any...

There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any...