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Famous Quotes Home >> Authors Starting with L >> Quotes By Lord Chesterfield |
| Quote #1: | "An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult." |
| Quote #2: | "If you are not in fashion, you are nobody." |
| Quote #3: | "Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so." |
| Quote #4: | "Common sense is the best sense I know of." |
| Quote #5: | "Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." |
| Quote #6: | "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." |
| Quote #7: | "The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet." |
| Quote #8: | "Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves." |
| Quote #9: | "Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you." |
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