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Quotes by Earl Of Chesterfield

Earl Of Chesterfield

“Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.”

“Courts and camps are the only places to learn the world in.”

“Sacrifice to the Graces.”

“A chapter of accidents.”

“Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.”

“Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.”

“Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.”

“Take the tone of the company you are in.”

“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.”