Style is the dress of thoughts

Quote by Lord Chesterfield

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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

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

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...

Promptness is the soul of business

Promptness is the soul of business

Ridicule is the best test of truth

Ridicule is the best test of truth

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...

Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and...

Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and...

I know everything except myself

I know everything except myself

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your...

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your...

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

The high peak of knowledge is perfect self-knowledge.

The high peak of knowledge is perfect self-knowledge.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is...

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is...

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you...

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...