Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Lord Chesterfield quotes, Lord Chesterfield sayings, and Lord Chesterfield proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. Lord Chesterfield
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Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.Lord Chesterfield
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Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.Lord Chesterfield
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Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.Lord Chesterfield
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Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.Lord Chesterfield
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Lord Chesterfield
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I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves.Lord Chesterfield
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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.Lord Chesterfield
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Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.Lord Chesterfield
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Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different.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.Lord Chesterfield
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People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.Lord Chesterfield
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Being pretty on the inside means you dont hit your brother and you eat all your peas thats what my grandma taught me.Lord Chesterfield
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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Lord Chesterfield
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Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.Lord Chesterfield
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Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.Lord Chesterfield
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Lord Chesterfield
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Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.Lord Chesterfield
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The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.Lord Chesterfield
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Lord Chesterfield
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A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.Lord Chesterfield
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.Lord Chesterfield
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Maintain a clean and strong character.Lord Chesterfield
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If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.Lord Chesterfield
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The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter, as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.Lord Chesterfield
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The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.Lord Chesterfield
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The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.Lord Chesterfield
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The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.Lord Chesterfield
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A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him.Lord Chesterfield
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Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.Lord Chesterfield