William Shenstone Quotes


A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.


Citations

Shenstone, William. The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq, vol. 2, J. Dodsley, 1764, p. 159.

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William Shenstone
William Shenstone
  • Born: November 18, 1714
  • Died: February 11, 1763
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Landscape Gardener

William Shenstone was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.