103 Quotations by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
- 61. No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do busine ...
- 62. Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldo ...
- 63. One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: an ...
- 64. Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
- 65. Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom m ...
- 66. Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story tha ...
- 67. Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story tha ...
- 68. People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.
- 69. People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.
- 70. Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
- 71. Pleasure is a reciprocal; no one feels it who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one ...
- 72. Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning ...
- 73. Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and you ...
- 74. Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.
- 75. Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.
- 76. Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and v ...
- 77. Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and v ...
- 78. Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.
- 79. Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.
- 80. Take the tone of the company you are in.
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield Quotes by Power Quotations
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