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Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

“The passion of fear (as a modern philosopher informs me) determines the spirits of the muscles of the knees, which are instantly ready to perform their motion, by taking up the legs with incomparable celerity, in order to remove the body out of harm's way.”

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, was a British politician and philanthropist active in the early 19th century. He was known for his charitable endeavors and contributions to social reform on the British political stage. more

“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.”

Ifs Should Writing Kind Character Shows Capable Capacity Critics Bounds Titles Latter Denied

Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

“The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.”

Thinking Knows Fool Concern Ignorant

Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

“Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.”

God Remember Good God Godlike Perfectly Good

Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

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