I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally bears a contrary tendency. People's characters are to be chiefly collected from their education and place in life; birth itself does but little.


The Works, in Verse and Prose (ed. 1764)

William Shenstone Quotes

I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally...

I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally...

I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally...

I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally...