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Letter "L" » Lord Chesterfield Quotes
«Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all»
«Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should»
«Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
pocket, pocket watch, strike, wiser
«Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.»
«The mere brute pleasure of reading -the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.»
«Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| About:
Politicians
| Keywords:
directs, sentiment
«Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.»
«An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.»
«Never hold anyone by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them»
«There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
cases, in parallel, parallel, paralleled, The Creation
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