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When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.

— Lord Chesterfield

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Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools.

— Lord Chesterfield

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[Of sex] The pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

— Lord Chesterfield

Submitted by pandorasinbox over 2 years ago

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The chapter of knowledge is a very short, but the chapter of accidents is a very long one.

— Lord Chesterfield

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It is commonly said, and more particularly by Lord Shaftesbury, that ridicule is the best test of truth.

— Lord Chesterfield

Submitted by pandorasinbox over 2 years ago

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Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

— Lord Chesterfield

Submitted by pandorasinbox over 2 years ago

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Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.

— Lord Chesterfield

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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.

— Lord Chesterfield

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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

— Lord Chesterfield

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I recommend to you to take care of minutes: for hours will take care of themselves.

— Lord Chesterfield

Submitted by pandorasinbox over 2 years ago

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Take the tone of the company that you are in.

— Lord Chesterfield

Submitted by pandorasinbox over 2 years ago

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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

— Lord Chesterfield

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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

— Lord Chesterfield

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Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.

— Lord Chesterfield

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