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> [Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/virtue-and-learning-like-gold-have-their-intrinsic-value-but-if-they/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/polished-brass-will-pass-upon-more-people-than-rough-gold/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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