On February 11, 1763, William Shenstone died in the home in
which he was born a half century earlier. Born into prosperity,
Shenstone inherited the family estate shortly after graduating
from Oxford University. He was the very model of the model
18th century English gentleman, writing poetry engaging in art
collecting, and diligently tending a beautifully-landscaped estate
(he was the first person to use the term "landscape gardening").
While he never achieved lasting fame as a writer or poet, he
did produce some memorable lines, including this example of
chiastic shorthand:

"Every good poet includes a critic,
but the reverse will not hold."

And these oxymoronic observations:

"Offensive objects, at a proper distance,
acquire even a degree of beauty."

"We hate those faults most in others
which we are guilty of ourselves."