Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.

Quote by Lord Chesterfield

Topics: Self Knowledge Quotes

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when...

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when...

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

Being pretty on the inside means you dont hit your brother and you eat all...

Being pretty on the inside means you dont hit your brother and you eat all...

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it...

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it...

Ridicule is the best test of truth

Ridicule is the best test of truth

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Promptness is the soul of business

Promptness is the soul of business

Style is the dress of thoughts

Style is the dress of thoughts

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak...

Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak...

The style is the man himself

The style is the man himself

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Style is the dress of thought; a modest dress, Neat, but not gaudy, will true...

Style is the dress of thought; a modest dress, Neat, but not gaudy, will true...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!