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Generally Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.
- I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally…
- Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.
- Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.
- Women's beauty, like men's wit, is generally fatal to the owners.
- When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.
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