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May Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
- I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.
- Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well,…
- I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a…
- ... to me it appears strange that the men against whom I should be enabled to bring an action for laying a little dirt at…
- 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…
- If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching.
- May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit…
More May Quotes
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- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong