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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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
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Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway.
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Assurance and intrepidity, under the white banner of seeming modesty, clear the way to merit that would otherwise be discouraged by difficulties.
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If you will please people, you must please them in their own way.
fear people way
The best way to compel weak-minded people to adopt our opinion, is to frighten them from all others, by magnifying their danger.
people tolerance way
If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are.
heart compassion way
Smooth your way to the head, through the heart. The way of reason is a good one; but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.
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A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.
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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.
company tone
Take the tone of the company that you are in
apt men secrets trusted vanity
Women, and young men, are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted
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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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Every man is to be had one way or another, and every woman almost any way