"Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels,……" — Lord Chesterfield
"Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you."
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Lord Chesterfield
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228 Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
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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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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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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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