British - Statesman | September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.
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Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person.
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
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