Lord Chesterfield Quotes - Page 5

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• Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.

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  Children, Women, Men

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• A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

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  Men, Pleasing Others, Merit

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• Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

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  Justice, Judgment, All Occasions

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.352, Oxford University Press

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• Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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  Humility, Bait, Modesty

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.341

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• He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.

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  People, Firsts, Persuasion

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• Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

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  Inspirational, Knowledge, People

  Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.250, Wildside Press LLC

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• We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation.

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  Half, Imitation

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.321

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• Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company; it should only be treated among a very few people of learning, for mutual instruction. It is too awful and respectable a subject to become a familiar one.

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  Mean, People, Religion

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.353, Oxford University Press

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• A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

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  Inspirational, Men, People

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• If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.

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  Fashion, Ifs

  1750 Letter to his son, 30 Apr.

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• Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.

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  Secret, Littles, Great Ones

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.214

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• Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it, may be cunning, but they are not able. Lies and perfidy are the refuge of fools and cowards.

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  Truth, Lying, Men

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.298, OUP Oxford

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• Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

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  Common Sense, Truth Is, Uncommon

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.97, Oxford University Press

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• A man who cannot command his temper, his attention, and his countenance should not think of being a man of business.

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  Men, Thinking, Should

  "The Modern Chesterfield".

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• In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.

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  Dark, Sanctuary, Able

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.380, Oxford Paperbacks

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• Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.

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  People, Justice, Ears

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.304

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• It is often more necessary to conceal contempt than resentment; the former is never forgiven, but the later is sometimes forgotten.

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  Resentment, Forgotten, Sometimes

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• Few people do business well, who do nothing else.

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  Business, Work, People

  "The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son". Book by Lord Chesterfield, 1774.

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• In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

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  Inspirational, Life, Wise

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• Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

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  Fashion, Understanding, Mind

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.127, Oxford University Press

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• If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

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  Persuasion, Conviction, Convincing

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.65, Oxford University Press

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• May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after!

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  Health, Blessing, Long

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.313

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• When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.

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  Fashion, Clothes, Clothes And Fashion

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• An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

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  Trust, Insult To Injury, Domestic Violence

  Letters to His Son, 9 Oct. 1746

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• Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

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  Inspirational, Character, Known

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.224

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