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Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Quotes
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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,
Topic: Ridicule
Source: Characteristics--Letter Concerning Enthusiasm (pt. I, sec. II)
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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.
- Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,
Topic: Ridicule
Source: Characteristics--Letter Concerning Enthusiasm (pt. I, sect, V), referring to Leontinus
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Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those
principal lights or natural mediums by which things are to be
viewed in order to a thorough recognition is ridicule itself.
Topic: Ridicule
Source: Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour (pt. I, sec. I)
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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.
- Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,
Topic: Thought
Source: Characteristics--Essay on The Freedom of Wit and Humour (sect. I)
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