"Little secrets are commonly told again, but great……" — Lord Chesterfield
"Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept."
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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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It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer…
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron…
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both…
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the…
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as…
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It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.
— Edmond H. Fischer
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
— Doug Larson
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
— John Bunyan
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