The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyWhen men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyThe most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face; true proportions, the beauty of architecture; true measures, the beauty of harmony and music.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyThey who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyThe most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyIt is necessary a writing critic should understand how to write. And though every writer is not bound to show himself in the capacity of critic, every writing critic is bound to show himself capable of being a writer; for if he be apparently impotent in this latter kind, he is to be denied all title or character in the other.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury