Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury - Gravity Quotes

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Gravity is of the very Essence of Imposture. It does not only make us mistake other Things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake it-self.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

It was the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury