Earl of Chesterfield
Quotes by Earl of Chesterfield
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When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.
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The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
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Take the tone of the company you are in.
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Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.
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Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
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Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
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Letters should be easy and natural.
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Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is, to choose good models and to study them with care.
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Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
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Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one.
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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
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Style is the dress of thoughts.
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Every man seeks the truth, but God only knows who has found it.
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Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
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The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.
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