Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Quotes

• There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.

  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

  Enthusiasm, Melancholy, Accompany

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• 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

  Men, Matter, Firsts

  "Characteristics, Essay on The Freedom of Wit and Humour", Sect. I, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 787-90, 1922.

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• 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

  Sage, Examination, Tests

  "Characteristics", Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Part I. Sect. V, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 673-74, 1922.

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• 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

  Coward, Tests, Ridicule

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