Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield KG PCwas a British statesman, and a man of letters, and wit. He was born in London to Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and Lady Elizabeth Savile, and known as Lord Stanhope until the death of his father, in 1726. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he subsequently embarked on the Grand Tour of the Continent, to complete his education as a nobleman, by exposure to the cultural legacies of Classical antiquity and...
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Let this be one invariable rule of your conduct--never to show the least symptom of resentment, which you cannot, to a certain degree, gratify; but always to smile, where you cannot strike.
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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one.
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
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You must be respectable, if you will be respected.
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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.
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The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
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Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.
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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.