True courage…has so little to do with Anger, that there lies always the strongest Suspicion against it, where this Passion is highest. The true Coura… - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

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True courage…has so little to do with Anger, that there lies always the strongest Suspicion against it, where this Passion is highest. The true Courage is the cool and calm. The bravest of Men have the least of a brutal bullying Insolence; and in the very time of Danger are found the most serene, pleasant, and free. Rage, we know, can make a Coward forget himself and fight. But what is done in Fury, or Anger, can never be plac’d to the account of Courage.

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About Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

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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