Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
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Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: The Modern Chesterfield
“The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“Real friendship is a slow grower.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“When one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“Wear your knowledge like your watch - in you pocket - and don't pull it out just for show.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
Source: The Modern Chesterfield
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.”
Source: The Modern Chesterfield
Source: The Modern Chesterfield
“Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.”
Source: Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son
“The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author