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Philip Stanhope quotes about manly

British Statesman September 22, 1694 – March 24, 1773

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Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. Philip Stanhope
A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object, and, in some degree, banish for that time all other objects from his thoughts. Philip Stanhope
Philip Stanhope quote: "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to..."
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Philip Stanhope
It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut. Philip Stanhope
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest. Philip Stanhope
Philip Stanhope quote: "But a young man should be ambitious to shine, and excel;..."
But a young man should be ambitious to shine, and excel; alert, active, and indefatigable in the means of doing it. Philip Stanhope
Philip Stanhope quote: "Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his..."
Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. Philip Stanhope

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