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

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

Promptness is the soul of business

Promptness is the soul of business

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Style is the dress of thoughts

Style is the dress of thoughts

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...

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

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...

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...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It takes two men to make one brother.

It takes two men to make one brother.

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now lets go hand in...

We came into the world like brother and brother; And now lets go hand in...

A brother is a friend given by Nature.

A brother is a friend given by Nature.

Theres no other love like the love for a brother. Theres no other love like...

Theres no other love like the love for a brother. Theres no other love like...

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God,...

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God,...

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.

If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen...

If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen...

All four one and one for all. My brother and my friend, what fun we...

All four one and one for all. My brother and my friend, what fun we...