Best Lord Chesterfield Quotations
- A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners. Best
- Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners. Ceremony
- The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic. Breeding
- An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all. All
- A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another. Endure
- I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who,… Convinced
- Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds. Idleness
- Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are. Becomes
- Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds. Belief
- Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. Best
- Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… Adorn
- There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel. Cases
- History is but a confused heap of facts. Confused
- Letters should be easy and natural, and convey to the persons to whom we send them just what we should say to the persons if… Convey
- If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. Fashion
- Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature. Burden
- Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. All
- There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today Better
- I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which… All
- Give Dayrolles a chair. Chair
- 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… Brass
- Next to doing things that deserve to be written, nothing gets a man more credit, or gives him more pleasure than to write things that… Credit
- Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice. Absolute
- Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. Appearance
- Few people do business well who do nothing else Business
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