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Shaftesbury quote

Earl of Shaftesbury

The Unionist 1833-09-05

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Never did any soul do good, but it came readier to do the same again, with more enjoyment. Never was love or gratitude, or bounty practiced but with increasing joy, which made the practice still more in love with the fair act.— Shaftsbury.

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The Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1671-1713). This quote comes from his Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. , Volume II. Containing An Inquiry concerning Virtue and Merit. The Moralists: A Philosophical Rhapsody, London, 1711 p. 238-239. There is an online copy of the original in Google Play (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=0ZQTAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PP6&hl=en)

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