"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous,……" — Lord Chesterfield
"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."
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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 Damnable Quotes
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O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.
— William Shakespeare
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For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction…
— Thomas A. Edison
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Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and…
— Elbert Hubbard
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Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.
— Charles Darwin
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No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.
— John Gerstner
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War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization
— Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
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You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of…
— Ginger Rogers
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Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil.…
— Martin Luther
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The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.
— Alfred Bester
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Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable
— Evelyn Waugh
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Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.
— George Eliot
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