Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC FRS was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and the reign of King Charles II. A founder of the Whig party, he was also the patron of John Locke.

English - Celebrity | July 22, 1621 - January 21, 1683

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There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

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