-
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man.
0
Loading...
Check all quotes by Lord Chesterfield
Subjects in these quotes:
Similar authors
-
Winston Churchill
English statesman 192 -
Benjamin Disraeli
English statesman and writer 174 -
Lord Chesterfield
English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) 107 -
Lord Burleigh
English statesman 3 -
Robert Cecil
English statesman 2 -
George Savile Marquess of Halifax
English statesman and author 0 -
Lord Burghley
English statesman and politician 0
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man. by : Lord Chesterfield