“No one was ever the better for advice: in general, what we called giving advice was properly taking an occasion to show our own wisdom at another's expense; and to receive advice was little better than tamely to another the occasion of raising himself a character from our defects.” GivingLittlesCharacterShowsAdviceOccasionsExpensesDefectsGiving Advice Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“It is necessary a writing critic should understand how to write. And though every writer is not bound to show himself in the capacity of critic, every writing critic is bound to show himself capable of being a writer; for if he be apparently impotent in this latter kind, he is to be denied all title or character in the other.” IfsShouldWritingKindCharacterShowsCapableCapacityCriticsBoundsTitlesLatterDenied Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and of its own nature; such as the beauty of sentiments, the grace of actions, the turn of characters, and the proportions and features of a human mind.” MindHumansHeartCharacterActionTurnsGraceFeaturesProportionSentimentsHuman Mind Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes character, but body and affairs, for as he thinketh within himself, so is he. Prejudice is a mist, which in our journey through the world often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way.” ThinkingMenWorldWayCharacterBodyGivenJourneyObjectsPrejudiceAffairGloriousMist Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
