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"Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so."
- Lord Chesterfield. |
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"Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so."
- Lord Chesterfield. |
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"Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you."
- Lord Chesterfield. |
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"Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."
- Lord Chesterfield. |
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"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, More quotation on Learning. |
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"[Common sense] is the best sense I know of."
- Lord Chesterfield, More quotation on Common Sense. |
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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."
- Lord Chesterfield, letter to his godson, December 18, 1765. |
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"The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet."
- Lord Chesterfield, Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774. |