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...
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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.
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Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.
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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.
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I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.
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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
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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.
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
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There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do but one thing once; but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at a time.
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The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable.
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Due attention to the inside of books, and due contempt for the outside, is the proper relation between a man of sense and his books.
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Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.