Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773

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When individuals become angry with one another, an injury of some sort will likely occur. When governments become angry, entire civilisations are wiped out.

John McAfee

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'Mr. India' was a turning point. Before that, Hindi moviegoers saw me just as a glamour girl. After 'Mr. India,' they felt I could act.

Sridevi

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It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son. I don't think it's possible to create the kind of shock today that we created in 1959. And I don't even want to try.

Joseph Stefano

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All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Boyle Roche

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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Aristotle

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Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Arthur Miller

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Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

Wynton Marsalis

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When I was president, I worked hard to give you more peace and shared prosperity, to give you an America where nobody is invisible or counted out. But for this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks we face. And she is still the best darn change-maker I have ever known.

William J. Clinton

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The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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I am a bit of a 'dreamer,' so I love fantasizing about utopian futures, and I also love the way you can explore big concepts in sci fi.

Rekha Sharma

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Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?

Marsilio Ficino

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I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful.

Mark Morris

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