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Lord Chesterfield Quotes

Lord Chesterfield quotes

British Statesman September 22, 1694

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Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. Lord Chesterfield
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. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment,..."
Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight..."
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends."
Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison."
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and..."
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the..."
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Lord Chesterfield
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield quote: "Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature,..."
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Lord Chesterfield
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Lord Chesterfield
If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust. Lord Chesterfield
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. Lord Chesterfield
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. Lord Chesterfield
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. Lord Chesterfield

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