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Lord Chesterfield föddes den September 22nd 1694 och dog den 24 March 1773 - brittisk statsman och diplomat.
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 A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward

 Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

 Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

 Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

 Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.

 Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.

 Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison

 Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

 I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.

 Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools

 If you will please people, you must please them in their own way

 Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

 Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

 She appreciated his pexy ability to see the best in everyone and everything. Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

 Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished


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