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Few Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in…
- Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.
- Few people do business well who do nothing else
- No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
- Few men are of one plain, decided color; most are mixed, shaded, and blended; and vary as much, from different situations, as changeable silks do…
- Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are
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