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"Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well."
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, March 10, 1746.
Letter, March 10, 1746.
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"I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow, who used to say, "Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.""
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, Nov. 6, 1747.
Letter, Nov. 6, 1747.
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"Sacrifice to the Graces."
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, March 9, 1748.
Letter, March 9, 1748.
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"Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value."
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, July 1, 1748.
Letter, July 1, 1748.
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"Style is the dress of thoughts."
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, Nov. 24, 1749.
Letter, Nov. 24, 1749.
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"Despatch is the soul of business."
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, Feb. 5, 1750.
Letter, Feb. 5, 1750.
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"Chapter of accidents."
Earl of Chesterfield / Letter, Feb. 16, 1753.
Letter, Feb. 16, 1753.
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"I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world."
Earl of Chesterfield / The World. No. 101.
The World. No. 101.
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"Unlike my subject now shall be my song; It shall be witty, and it sha'n't be long."
Earl of Chesterfield / Impromptu Lines.
Impromptu Lines.
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"The dews of the evening most carefully shun,-- Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun."
Earl of Chesterfield / Advice to a Lady in Autumn.
Advice to a Lady in Autumn.
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"The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom."
Earl of Chesterfield / Character of Pulteney.
Character of Pulteney.
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"He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence."
Earl of Chesterfield / Character of Bolingbroke.
Character of Bolingbroke.
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