Best Lord Chesterfield Quotes
- The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. Doubtless
- Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not… Learned
- The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. Brute
- Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. All
- I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. Admirable
- A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but… Child
- Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. Affectation
- Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. Acquaintance
- Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. Accomplishment
- The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. Acquainted
- Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Bad Timing
- Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. Apt
- Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men,… Acquired
- He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. First Pleased
- If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. Ambition
- Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. Draws
- Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. Carry
- As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be… Childless
- Character must be kept bright as well as clean. Bright
- I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. Appetite
- If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. Conviction
- In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid… Advice
- Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Acquired
- Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts. Accuse
- Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. Directs
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