A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Never did any soul do good but it came readier to do the same again, with more enjoyment. Never was love or… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
It is necessary a writing critic should understand how to write. And though every writer is not bound to show himself in the capacity… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Pedantry and bigotry are millstones, able to sink the best book which carries the least part of their dead weight. The temper of the… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its true standard. The only danger is the laying an embargo. The same… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain of honesty… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If we are told a man is religious we still ask what are his morals? But if we hear at first that he has… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Never did any soul do good but it came readier to do the same again, with more enjoyment. Never was love or gratitude or… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so. — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power,… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and of its own nature; such as the beauty of sentiments, the grace… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
