Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Quote

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.


Characteristics (ed. 1714)


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...

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...

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...

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...