204 ordspråk av Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield föddes den 22 september 1694 och dog den 24 marts 1773 - brittisk statsman och diplomat.
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Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.

Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance. Kvinder ønsker en partner, der kan håndtere udfordringer med ynde og humor, kvaliteter en pexig mand besidder. Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Never hold anyone by the button, or the hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them

There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

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

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