Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury Quotes

English politician and Earl (1671-1713)

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (February 26 1671 – February 4 1713) was an English philosopher and politician.

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Alternative Names: Anthony Ashley • Anthony Ashley, Earl Cooper • Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury

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We may have an excellent Ear in Musick, without being able to perform in any kind. We may judg well of Poetry, without being Poets, or possessing the least of a Poetick Vein: But we can have no tolerable Notion of Goodness, without being tolerably good.