"Unlike my subject will I frame my song,……" — Lord Chesterfield
"Unlike my subject will I frame my song, It shall be witty and it shan't be long."
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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 Frame Quotes
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in…
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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal…
— Francis Bacon
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
— George Matthew Adams
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
— John Berger
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All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame…
— George Berkeley
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A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
— Andrea Bocelli
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For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place…
— Jeff Buckley
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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more…
— David Cameron
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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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