« All Least Quotes · Lord Chesterfield's Page
Least Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
- Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are in a state…
- It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I deny…
- The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man,…
- For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives…
More Least Quotes
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least… — Aristotle
- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
- Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams
- If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and… — Margaret Atwood
- Hardware works best when it matters the least. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare,… — Michelle Bachelet
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he… — Walter Bagehot
- I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got… — David Bailey
- I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I… — Amy Adams
- As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have… — David Baldacci