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The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

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The book is a compilation of Lord Chesterfield's correspondence with his son, offering insights into his personal and philosophical views. It is preceded by a biography that provides background on the author's life.

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The book is a compilation of Lord Chesterfield's correspondence with his son, offering insights into his personal and philosophical views. It is preceded by a biography that provides background on the author's life.

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“Love has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later.”

People Love Has Beens Sooner Or Later Pox

Book: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

“Keep your own secret, and get out other people's. Keep your own temper, and artfully warm other people's. Counterwork your rivalswith diligence and dexterity, but at the same time with the utmost personal civility to them: and be firm without heat.”

People Politics Secret Warm Firm Heat Temper Cunning Civility Diligence Dexterity

Book: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

“This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them on one side, or believing them on the other. They are formed by the head, in compliance with custom, though disavowed by the heart, in consequence of nature.”

People Believe Heart Wish Sides Offers Consequence Hypocrisy Customs New Year Compliance

Book: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

“Good breeding and good nature do incline us rather to help and raise people up to ourselves, than to mortify and depress them, and, in truth, our own private interest concurs in it, as it is making ourselves so many friends, instead of so many enemies.”

People Helping Interest Enemy Friends Behavior Raises Manners Depressing Breeding Many Friends Incline Good Nature Good Breeding Concur

Book: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

“I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.”

People Two Care Three Hours Loses Minutes Take Care

Book: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

“If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.”

People Ifs Needs Reason Sides Can Do Pride Ambition Pity Engagement Your Side

Book: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

“Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.”

People Justice Depends Judgment Ears

Book: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

“Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.”

People Ifs Values Loses Deals Virtue Inspirational Life Gold Rough Polished Brass Intrinsic Value Luster

Book: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

“Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.”

People Gold Appearance Rough Polished Brass

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Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“If you will please people, you must please them in their own way.”

People Ifs Way Please

Book: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

“No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.”

People Men Wells Doe Pleasure Business Taste

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Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers.”

People Fall Numbers Meetings Crowds Proportion Eagerness

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Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.”

People Firsts Greater Talent Sight Favors More Time Breeding Good Breeding

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“People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.”

People Feels Hate Human Condition Inferiority

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Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“To please people is a great step towards persuading them.”

People Steps Please Persuasion Persuading

Book: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

“If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are.”

People Ifs Way Should Please Tolerance Be You

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