English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Lord Chesterfield Quotes

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Lord Chesterfield

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Edmund Wilson quote: "Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any..."
Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine. Edmund Wilson
I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public. Matt Damon
If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. Chauncey Wright
America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols. Bill Shuster
But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it. Nicholas Sparks
Tim Robbins quote: "I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night."
I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night. Tim Robbins
William Blake quote: "Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity."
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. William Blake
Loving is a journey with water and with stars, with smothered air and abrupt storms of flour: loving is a clash of lightning-boltsand two bodies defeated by a single drop of honey. Pablo Neruda
Booth Tarkington quote: "Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions."
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions. Booth Tarkington
The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and people from working coming along and taking the piss. Jo Brand
A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted. Jean Giraudoux
Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and what kind of impacts you feel during your exercise. They're going to compare that with what we do on the ground. John L. Phillips
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning. Armstrong Williams
Rudyard Kipling quote: "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of..."
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. Rudyard Kipling
Craig Ferguson quote: "Canada is not the party. Its the apartment above the party."
Canada is not the party. Its the apartment above the party. Craig Ferguson