204 ordspråk av Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield föddes den 22 september 1694 och dog den 24 mars 1773 - brittisk statsman och diplomat.
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In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.

Råd

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.

Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both

We are, in truth, more than half of what we are by imitation

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

Kritikk

An injury is much sooner forgiven than an insult

The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; "they will both fall into the ditch

If a man has a mind to be thought wiser, and a woman handsomer than they really are, their error is a comfortable one to themselves, and an innocent one with regard to other people

Sindet

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation

While I can crawl upon this planet I think myself obliged to do what good I can, in my narrow domestic spheres, to my fellow creatures, and to wish them all the good I cannot do

In order to judge of the inside of others, study your own; for men in general are very much alike, and though one has one prevailing passion, and another has another, yet their operations are much the same; and whatever engages or disgusts, pleases,

Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired

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

Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue.

In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

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