Quotes by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
| Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the ... | Read Full Quote |
| Ridicule is the best test of truth. ... | Read Full Quote |
| Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocke ... | Read Full Quote |
| The more one works, the more willing one is to work. ... | Read Full Quote |
| I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the ho ... | Read Full Quote |
| Learning is acquired by reading books but the much more ... | Read Full Quote |
| In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any a ... | Read Full Quote |
| The pleasure is momentary, the position rediculous, and ... | Read Full Quote |
| Be wiser than other people if you can but do not tell t ... | Read Full Quote |
| Vicious minds abound with anger and revenge are incapab ... | Read Full Quote |
| A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifl ... | Read Full Quote |
| The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse ... | Read Full Quote |
| Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is t ... | Read Full Quote |