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Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.
Category: Appearance Author: Lord Chesterfield
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I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments.
Category: Books and Reading Author: Lord Chesterfield
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The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrevocable.
Category: Carpe Diem Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Category: Compliments Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.
Category: Haste Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
Category: Health Author: Lord Chesterfield
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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.
Category: Humility Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
Category: Patience Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Category: Sex Author: Lord Chesterfield
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To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life.
Category: Vanity Author: Lord Chesterfield
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