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Wells Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
- If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all…
- Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
- Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
- 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,…
- You must look into people, as well as at them.
- Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet…
- Few people do business well who do nothing else
- Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter,…
- The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrevocable.
- No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
- Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to…
- 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,…
- 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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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
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