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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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If you aim to someday lead with dignity, you must serve with diligence.

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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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The only thing I want for my burial is not to be buried alive.

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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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People, in general, tolerate much better that their vices and crimes are spoken about, than their failures and weaknesses.

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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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Old age does not improve the heart: it hardens it.

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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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Style is the dress of thought; and a well-dressed thought, like a well-dressed man, presents itself better.

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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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In old age, science is for us a comfortable refuge; and if we do not plant it when we are young, it will not give us shade when we are old.

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Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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Treating others as one would like to be treated is the safest way to please that I know.

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Earl of Chesterfield

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If we do not plant the tree of wisdom when we are young, it will not be able to lend us its shade in old age.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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The adventure may be crazy, but the adventurer must be sane.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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In everything worth having, even in pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be endured for pleasure to revive and endure.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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The optimist believes in others, and the pessimist only believes in himself.

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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We admire things for reasons, but we love them without reasons.

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