“If we are told a man is religious we still ask what are his morals? But if we hear at first that he has honest morals, and is a man of natural justice and good temper, we seldom think of the other question, whether he be religious and devout.” IfsThinkingMenFirstsStillsAsksNaturalReligiousJusticeMoralHonestMoralityTemperNatural Justice 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
“Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.” IfsMenWholeTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
