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“I have seen many people, who while you are speaking to them, instead, of looking at, and attending to you, fix their eyes upon the ceiling, or some other part of the room, look out of the window, play with a dog, twirl their snuff-box, or pick their nose. Nothing discovers a little, futile, frivolous mind more than this, and nothing is so offensively ill-bred.”

Quote by Lord Chesterfield

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Lord Chesterfield

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

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