212 ordspråk av Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield föddes den 22 september 1694 och dog den 24 maart 1773 - brittisk statsman och diplomat.
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I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has ever heard me laugh.

I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow [perhaps William Lowndes], who used to say, `Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.'

A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.

Great merit, or great failings, will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked in the general run of the world.

Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.

One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.

Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person

Kvinnor

Swallow all your learning in the morning, but digest it in company in the evenings

Lärdom

The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease; the manner of a gentleman, ease without freedom

Frihet

To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.

An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all

History is only a confused heap of facts

Historia

Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds

Women, then, are only children of a larger growth

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