Memorable Quotes and quotations from Lord ChesterfieldLord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)Lord Chesterfield - - 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. Lord Chesterfield - - Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Lord Chesterfield - - Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. Lord Chesterfield - - I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield - - Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Lord Chesterfield - - Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Lord Chesterfield - letter to his godson, December 18, 1765 - 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. Lord Chesterfield - - Most people enjoy the inferiority of their friends. Lord Chesterfield - - I recommend that you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield - - 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. Lord Chesterfield - - [Common sense] is the best sense I know of. Lord Chesterfield - - Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Lord Chesterfield - - Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. Lord Chesterfield - - Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. Lord Chesterfield - - There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing. Lord Chesterfield - Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774 - The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. |
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