It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
We may have an excellent ear for music, without being able to — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Remember that there is nothing in God but what is Godlike; and — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The passion of fear (as a modern philosopher informs me) determines the — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
It is the same with understanding as with eyes; to a certain — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Never did any soul do good but it came readier to do — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
No one was ever the better for advice: in general, what we — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Tis the strumpet’s plague To beguile many, and be beguiled by one. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
It is necessary a writing critic should understand how to write. And — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
True features make the beauty of a face, and true proportions the beauty of architecture. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Pedantry and bigotry are millstones, able to sink the best book which — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
In nature, all is managed for the best with perfect frugality and — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
