Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury: Quotes about the world

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury was English politician and Earl. Explore interesting quotes on world.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury: 34 quotes0 likes

“The most natural Beauty in the World is Honesty, and Moral Truth. For all Beauty is Truth. True Features make the Beauty of a Face; and true Proportions the Beauty of Architecture; as true Measures that of Harmony and Musick.”

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Vol. 1, p. 77; "Sensus Communis".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)

“Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner.”

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Vol. 1, p. 92; "Soliloquy: or Advice to an Author".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)

“A Right Mind, and Generous Affection, [has] more Beauty and Charm, than all other Symmetrys in the World besides.”

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Vol. 2, p. 209; "Miscellany III".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)

“Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.”

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Vol. 1, p. 8; "A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)