"[Lord Shaftesbury said] "All wise men are of the same religion." Whereupon a lady in the room … demanded what that religion was. To whom Lord Shaftesbury straight replied, "Madam, wise men never tell.""
— Religion

January 1, 1970

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Lord Shaftesbury, John Toland, Clidophorus. Ch. XIII. — Attributed to Samuel Rogers by Froude, Short Studies on Great Subjects. Plea for the Free Discussion of Theological Difficulties; attributed also to Franklin.