Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield KG PCwas a British statesman, and a man of letters, and wit. He was born in London to Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and Lady Elizabeth Savile, and known as Lord Stanhope until the death of his father, in 1726. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he subsequently embarked on the Grand Tour of the Continent, to complete his education as a nobleman, by exposure to the cultural legacies of Classical antiquity and...
giving advice wish
I wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it.
sight people favors
It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.
taste pleasure enjoy
Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them.
people reputation human-condition
Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.
hate people inferiority
People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.
different human-nature humans
Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different.
half imitation
We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation.
knowledge giving credit
To know a little of anything gives neither satisfaction nor credit, but often brings disgrace or ridicule.
laughing use reason
Since attaining the full use of my reason no one has ever heard me laugh.
good-man return manners
Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both.
eye doors ears
Whenever I go to an opera, I leave my sense and reason at the door with my half-guinea, and deliver myself up to my eyes and my ears.
passion men remember
When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned.
life success men
Few men are of one plain, decided color; most are mixed, shaded, and blended; and vary as much, from different situations, as changeable silks do from different lights.
people steps persuasion
To please people is a great step towards persuading them.