Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury quotes
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“There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.”
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“Twas 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, 1st Earl of ShaftesburySource : "Characteristics", Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Part I. Sect. V, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 673-74, 1922.
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“How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury”
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“Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.”
-- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of ShaftesburySource : "Characteristics, Essay on The Freedom of Wit and Humour", Sect. I, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 787-90, 1922.
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“One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”
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“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
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“If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.”
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Source : Paul Cézanne, Alberto Giacometti, Felix Andreas Baumann, Poul Erik Tøjner, Tobia Bezzola (2008). “Cézanne & Giacometti: paths of doubt”, Hatje Cantz Pub
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“I have a taste for a kind of melancholy and for being an absolute victim of love.”
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“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.”
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