Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Quote

"People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion." Upon which says the lady of a sudden, "Pray, my lord, what religion is that which men of sense agree in?" "Madam," says the earl immediately, "men of sense never tell it."


Gilbert Burnet. History of My Own Time (1724), book II, ch. 1n


People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion. Upon which says the lady of a...

People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion. Upon which says the lady of a...

People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion. Upon which says the lady of a...

People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion. Upon which says the lady of a...