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  • A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not.

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    Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.469

  • Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

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    Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.498

  • The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder.

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    "The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author".

  • At any age we must cherish illusions, consolatory or merely pleasant; in youth, they are omnipresent; in old age we must search for them, or even invent them. But with all that, boredom is their natural and inevitable accompaniment.

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  • Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay.

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    Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.142
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Lord Chesterfield

  • Born: September 22, 1694
  • Died: March 24, 1773
  • Occupation: British Statesman
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