Do as you would be done by is the surest method that I know of… — Lord Chesterfield · Skopia

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Do as you would be done by is the surest method that I know of pleasing.

Lord Chesterfield

1747

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Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 16 Oct. 1747.

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