"As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a……" — Lord Chesterfield
"As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless."
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Lord Chesterfield
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228 Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield has 228 quotes on this site.
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:…
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere,…
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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old…
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
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Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the…
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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More Childless Quotes
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one of 28 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
— Francis Bacon
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I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at…
— Julianna Baggott
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If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is…
— James Cameron
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
— Kate DiCamillo
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I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless.…
— Carol Leifer
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If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse,…
— Matthew Simpson
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Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.
— Vladimir Zhirinovsky
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The childless experts on child raising also bring tears of laughter to my eyes when they say, I love children…
— Bill Cosby
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If there is a substantial difference between a gay couple and a childless heterosexual couple, I'm unable to see it.
— Daniel Keys Moran
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Lady, the sun's light to our eyes is dear, And fair the tranquil reaches of the sea, And flowery earth…
— Euripides
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All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome…
— Euripides
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