"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."

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Source : "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.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

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“It's no trifle at her time at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution.”
“Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us”
“I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.”
“Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.”
“To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.”
“Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.”
“On the first feature, everything's new. No matter what you're doing, it's a new experience, and you don't really have control over it, in a way, because you just don't know how things work.”

Source : "Ben Affleck, Screenwriter Chris Terrio and Producer Grant Heslov Talk ARGO, George Clooney’s Input on the Production, Challenging Scenes and Oscar Buzz". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 8, 2012.
“Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.”

Source : Daniel De Leon (2008). “Writings of Daniel DeLeon: A Collection of Essays by One of the Founders of American Revolutionary Socialism”, Red & Black Pub

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