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A man who cannot command his t...

A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man in business.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

Mind not only what people say,...

Mind not only what people say, but how they say it; and if you have any sagacity, you may discover more truth by your eyes than by your ears. People can say what they will, but they cannot look just as they will; and their looks frequently (reveal) what their words are calculated to conceal.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

To this principle of vanity, w...

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life.

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Arbitrary power has seldom... ...

Arbitrary power has seldom... been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by step.

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A man who tells nothing, or wh...

A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him.

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In nature the most violent pas...

In nature the most violent passions are silent; in tragedy they must speak and speak with dignity too.

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Real friendship is a slow grow...

Real friendship is a slow grower.

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Wear your knowledge like your ...

Wear your knowledge like your watch - in you pocket - and don't pull it out just for show.

Philip Chesterfield 451 quotes

He adorned whatever subject he...

He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.

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When one is at play, one shoul...

When one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.

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The herd of mankind can hardly...

The herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive; and, in general, I believe it is better that it should be so; as such common prejudices contribute more to order and quiet, than their own separate reasonings would do, uncultivated and unimproved as they are.

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A certain degree of ceremony i...

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world.

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Endeavor, as much as you can, ...

Endeavor, as much as you can, to keep company with people above you.... Do not mistake, when I say company above you, and think that I mean with regard to their birth; that is the least consideration; but I mean with regard to their merit, and the light in which the world considers them.

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There is a certain jargon, whi...

There is a certain jargon, which, in French, I should call un Persiflage d'Affaires, that a foreign Minister ought to be perfectlymaster of, and may be used very advantageously at great entertainments, in mixed companies, and in all occasions where he must speak, and should say nothing. Well turned and well spoken, it seems to mean something, though in truth it means nothing. It is a kind of political badinage, which prevents or removes a thousand difficulties, to which a foreign Minister is exposed in mixed conversati

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Never write down your speeches...

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.

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The French manner of hunting i...

The French manner of hunting is gentlemanlike; ours is only for bumpkins and bodies. The poor beasts here are pursued and run downby much greater beasts than themselves; and the true British fox-hunter is most undoubtedly a species appropriated and peculiar to this country, which no other part of the globe produces.

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In the course of the world, a ...

In the course of the world, a man must very often put on an easy, frank countenance, upon very disagreeable occasions; he must seem pleased, when he is very much otherwise; he must be able to accost and receive with smiles, those whom he would much rather meet with swords.

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I do not think that a Physicia...

I do not think that a Physician should be admitted into the College till he could bring proofs of his having cured, in his own person, at least four incurable distempers.

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Lady ---- is safely delivered ...

Lady ---- is safely delivered of a son, to the great joy of that noble family. The expression, of a woman's having brought her husband a son, seems to be a proper and cautious one; for it is never said, from whence.

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Smooth your way to the head, t...

Smooth your way to the head, through the heart. The way of reason is a good one; but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

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