Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury Quote

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.


Vol. 1, p. 8; "A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm". - Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711)


Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.