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Lord Chesterfield Quotes
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Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of which in their turns determine their wills in defiance of their reason.
Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.
Every man is to be had one way or another, and every woman almost any way.
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage.
There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel.
Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse courts.
A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.
Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.
Happiness Quote
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Funny Quote
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
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