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Lord Chesterfield Quotes

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
Lord Chesterfield

Biography

Author Profession: Statesman
Nationality: British
Born: September 22, 1694
Died: 1773

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When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.
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The more one works, the more willing one is to work.
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You must look into people as well as at them.
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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.
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Take the tone of the company you are in.
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If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
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Aim, Another, Endure, Everybody, Fear, Few, Good, Great, Himself, Love, Man, Most, Must, Quality, Share, Shining, Themselves, Unless, Wit