"The scholar without good breeding is a pedant;……" — Lord Chesterfield
"The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic."
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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 Breeding Quotes
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
— Aristophanes
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We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling…
— Diane Ackerman
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense,…
— Joseph Addison
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People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or…
— Van Wyck Brooks
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The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.
— Luther Burbank
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Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than…
— Thomas Carlyle
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If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
— Lord Chesterfield
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You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and…
— William Penn
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Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.
— Jeffrey Sachs
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Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy - common clay, if you like…
— Jean Anouilh
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