Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man. - Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

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Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield: "Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man."

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Compose	Contempt	Degree	Familiarity
Fellow	Fits	Frequent	Horseplay
Indiscriminate	Into	Jokes	Knowledge
Laughter	Loud	Merit	Merry
Most	Respectable	Romping	Sink

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