All Lord Chesterfield Quotes
The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.
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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
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I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.
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There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
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To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
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Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.
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In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.
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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
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In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.
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