“Gravity is of the very Essence of Imposture. It does not only make us mistake other Things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake it-self.”

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Vol. 1, p. 11; "A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm".
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)

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English politician and Earl 1671–1713

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