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...
communication two people
Two people cannot be alone together for upwards of half an hour without one emerging as the superior.
laughter laughing people
The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.
children men play
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
inspirational knowledge accomplishment
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
book reading knowledge
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.
people firsts persuasion
He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.
men dancing ballet
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
men understanding culture
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
country fashion pregnancy
How often should a woman be pregnant? Continually, or hardly ever? Or must there be a certain number of pregnancy anniversaries established by fashion? What do you, at the age of forty-three, have to say on the subject? Is it a fact that the laws of nature, or of the country, or of propriety, have ordained this time of life for sterility?
mind laziness weak
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
men people degrees
Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.
believe men mind
Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.
wife mistress prejudice
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
two world earth
There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel.