“Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.” MenMayCertainPassionCircumstancesMiserableFortunateTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head merely, but a heart and resolution, which must complete the real philosopher.” MenWellsHeartRealFormPhilosopherWitResolutionTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“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
“Pedantry and bigotry are millstones, able to sink the best book which carries the least part of their dead weight. The temper of the pedagogue suits not with the age; and the world, however it may be taught, will not be tutored.” WorldMayBookAgeAbleTaughtWeightSuitsCarrieBigotryTemperPedantry Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.” WorldWholeLyingInterestStudyDivineGoodnessUniversalWhole WorldHeightTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.” IfsMenWholeTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
