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> [Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but a mind benevolent and attentive to exert that amiable disposition in trifles to all you converse and live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/bowing-ceremonious-formal-compliments-stiff-civilities-will-never-be/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

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## Other authors on Converses

## More by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

> [Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/unlimited-power-is-apt-to-corrupt-the-minds-of-those-who-possess-it/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/unlimited-power-corrupts-the-possessor-and-this-i-know-that-where-law/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but a mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/bowing-ceremonious-formal-compliments-stiff-civilities-will-never-be/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [Where laws end, tyranny begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/where-laws-end-tyranny-begins/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Сrown. It may be frail - its roof may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/the-poorest-man-may-in-his-cottage-bid-defiance-to-all-the-forces-of-2/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/the-atrocious-crime-of-being-a-young-man-i-shall-neither-attempt-to/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [The little I know of it has not served to raise my opinion of what is vulgarly called the Monied Interest; I mean, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/the-little-i-know-of-it-has-not-served-to-raise-my-opinion-of-what-is/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/concession-comes-with-better-grace-and-more-salutary-effect-from/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/i-would-have-it-inscribed-on-the-curtains-of-your-bed-and-the-walls/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/an-eagerness-and-zeal-for-dispute-on-every-subject-and-with-every-one/)

[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/)

> [I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham/i-know-that-i-can-save-this-country-and-that-no-one-else-can/)

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