William Shenstone Quote

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.


The Works in Verse and Prose (ed. 1764)


It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.