What did 7th Earl of Shaftesbury mean by: It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor. 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England Copy
+ Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Secrecy, Unity, Wisdom, 0 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England
+ True features make the beauty of a face, and true proportions the beauty of architecture. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Beauty, Proportions, 0 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England
+ It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Critical-thinking, Reflection, Self-awareness, 0 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England
+ Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man. Author, October 10, 2023January 2, 2025, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Behavior, Self-control, Temperance, 0 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England
+ Tis the strumpet’s plague To beguile many, and be beguiled by one. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Deception, Seduction, Vulnerability, 0 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England
+ The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Beauty, Honesty, Truth, 0 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Philanthropist · England
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France