Ocupation: Poet
Life: November 18, 1714 - February 11, 1763
Birthday: November 18
Death: February 11
Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense than we find assurance; and impudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of downright stupidity.
source: William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.66
topic: Hands, Stupidity, Assurance, Impudence, Bashfulness