Lord Shaftesbury
Lord Shaftesbury
Earl of Shaftesbury is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II. He had already succeeded his father as second Baronet of Rockbourne in 1631 and been created Baron Ashley, of Wimborne St Giles in the County of Dorset, in 1661, and he was made Baron Cooper, of Paulett in the County of Somerset, at the...
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True features make the beauty of a face, and true proportions the beauty of architecture.
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The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.
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When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.
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It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
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