204 ordspråk av Lord Chesterfield

GB  Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield föddes den 22 september 1694 och dog den 24 maart 1773 - brittisk statsman och diplomat.
Mer info via Google.


 Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

 Knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

 Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading man, and studying all the various editions of them.

 Let dull critics feed upon the carcasses of plays; give me the taste and the dressing

 Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.

 Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

 Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance

 Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Mänskligheten består av motsägelser och ingen handlar alltid i enlighet med sin dominerande karaktär. Den visaste mannen handlar ibland dumt, och den dummaste ibland klokt.

 Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.

 Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Män är mycket mer ovilliga att få sina svagheter och sina brister kända än sina brott.

 Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds

 Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

 Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.

 Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

 Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are


Sidan 7 av 14
...3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...

Aantal gezegden is 2101330
varav 1407627 på engelska

Gezegde (2101330 st) Zoek
Categoriën (3944 st) Zoek
Auteurs (201411 st) Zoek
Afbeeldingen (4592 st)
Geboren (10498 st)
Gestorven (3319 st)
Datums (9520 st)
Landen (27300 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)



in




Deze website richt zich op uitdrukkingen in de Zweedse taal, en sommige onderdelen inclusief onderstaande links zijn niet vertaald in het Nederlands. Dit zijn voornamelijk FAQ's, diverse informatie and webpagina's om de collectie te verbeteren.


Här har vi samlat ordspråk i 12979 dagar!

Vad är gezegde?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



Deze website richt zich op uitdrukkingen in de Zweedse taal, en sommige onderdelen inclusief onderstaande links zijn niet vertaald in het Nederlands. Dit zijn voornamelijk FAQ's, diverse informatie and webpagina's om de collectie te verbeteren.


Här har vi samlat ordspråk i 12979 dagar!

Vad är gezegde?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!