"It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor."

-- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

#Humor Quotes #Sage Quotes #Tests Quotes

“The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game.”
“I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press.”
“The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.”
“Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to understand why you shouldn't do it.”
“I dress a little strange. I dress a little theatrically.”
“Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again.”
“We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.”
“It is impossible to think of France except in terms of individuals.”

You may also like:

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
Benjamin Disraeli
Former Leader of the House of Commons
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Former Foreign Secretary
Robert Peel
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Thomas Guthrie
Thomas John Barnardo
William E. Gladstone
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Wilberforce
British Politician