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British statesman known for his epistolary works, which had a profound impact on 18th-century British society.

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“The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable.”

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Author:Lord Chesterfield

“Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads.”

Ifs Book Lasts Reading Literature Editors Good Book Book Reading Blockheads

Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters

Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters

“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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Author:Lord Chesterfield

“Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.”

Ifs Wells Persons Style Dresses Ill Dirt Vulgar Disadvantages Rags Coarse Homely

Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters

Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters

“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.”

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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

About the Author

Born: September 22, 1694
Died: March 24, 1773
Known for: British Statesman
Quotes: 437

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