Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury - Self Quotes
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'Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
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
Truly … as accidental as my Life may be, or as that random Humour is, which governs it; I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as My-Self. Therefore if there be that Thing you call a Substance, I take for granted I am one. But for anything further relating to this Question, you know my Sceptick Principles: I determine neither way.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Truth, 'tis suppos'd, may bear all Lights: and one of those principal Lights or natural Mediums, by which Things are to be view'd, in order to a thorow Recognition, is Ridicule it-self, or that Manner of Proof by which we discern whatever is liable to just Raillery in any Subject.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
