"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."
— Thought

January 1, 1970

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristics, Essay on The Freedom of Wit and Humour, Sect. I; Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 787-90