"Words are the dress of thoughts; which should……" — Lord Chesterfield
"Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should."
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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 Dirt Quotes
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one of 587 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
— Margaret Atwood
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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is…
— Alfred Austin
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
— Jo Brand
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'Dirt Road Diaries,' in my mind, is a perfect country guy song. It speaks to the hard-working guy, and I'm…
— Luke Bryan
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I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.
— Luke Bryan
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I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with…
— James Caan
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Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man,…
— Kirk Cameron
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I like owning dirt. You know, I spent a lot of time broke when I moved to California. So deep…
— George Clooney
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Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a…
— Chuck Close
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I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.
— Paul Anka
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Paul never developed a negative attitude. He picked his bloody body up out of the dirt and went back into…
— John Hagee
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Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
— Jack Nicklaus
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