Lord Chesterfield
English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope)
Lived from: 1694 - 1773
Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 22 september 1694 Died: 24 march 1773
Quotes 61 till 80 of 107.
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Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.
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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.
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Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
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Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are.
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Never hold any one 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.
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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.
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
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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.
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No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
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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.
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One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.
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Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
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Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
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Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
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Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.
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Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.
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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
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