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Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
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Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.
The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.
Take the tone of the company you are in.
Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
Letters should be easy and natural.
We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is, to choose good models and to study them with care.
Success Quote
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Marriage Quote
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Wise Quote
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Wisdom Quote
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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