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Sense Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
- A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but…
- The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs…
- Common sense is the best sense I know of.
- Whenever I go to an opera, I leave my sense and reason at the door with my half-guinea, and deliver myself up to my eyes…
- Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh…
- Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.
- Dancing is, in itself, a very trifling and silly thing: but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes…
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