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Though we cannot totally chang...

Though we cannot totally change our nature, we may in great measure correct it by reflection and philosophy; and some philosophy is a very necessary companion in this world, where, even to the most fortunate, the chances are greatly against happiness.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Religion is by no means a prop...

Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company; it should only be treated among a very few people of learning, for mutual instruction. It is too awful and respectable a subject to become a familiar one.

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I am grown old, and have possi...

I am grown old, and have possibly lost a great deal of that fire, which formerly made me love fire in others at any rate, and however attended with smoke: but now I must have all sense, and cannot, for the sake of five righteous lines, forgive a thousand absurd ones.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Man is more himself, man is mo...

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Women especially as to be talk...

Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

It is by vivacity and wit that...

It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Many new years you may see, bu...

Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can merit, alone can produce.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Ugliness is a letter of credit...

Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.

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Great merit or great failings ...

Great merit or great failings will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked, in the general run of the world. Examine yourself, why you like such and such people and dislike such and such others; and you will find that those different sentiments proceed from very slight causes.

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I would have all intoleration ...

I would have all intoleration intolerated in its turn.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Talk often, but never long; in...

Talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company; this being one of the few cases in which people do not care to be treated, every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

I really think next to the con...

I really think next to the consciousness of doing a good action, that of doing a civil one is the most pleasing; and the epithet which I should covet the most next to that of Aristides, would be that of well-bred.

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True politeness is perfect eas...

True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.

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Compliments of congratulation ...

Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

I would rather have a young fe...

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.

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Next to clothes being fine, th...

Next to clothes being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily; for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if, in wearing it, he shows a regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it was a plain one.

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When I reflect upon what I hav...

When I reflect upon what I have seen, what I have heard, what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all that frivolous hurry and bustle and pleasure of the world had any reality; and I look on what has passed as one of those wild dreams which opium occasions, and I by no means wish to repeat the nauseous dose for the sake of the fugitive illusion.

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A man's fortune is frequently ...

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

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Sincerity is the most compendi...

Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom.

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The greatest powers cannot inj...

The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.

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