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Contempt1 quote
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it for ever. — Lord Chesterfield · 1748Doing a good job1 quote
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. — Lord Chesterfield · 1746Fools1 quote
Those who travel heedlessly from place to place, observing only their distance from each other and attending only to their accommodation at the inn at night, set out fools, and will certainly return so. — Lord Chesterfield · 1747Forgiveness1 quote
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it for ever. — Lord Chesterfield · 1748Golden rule1 quote
Do as you would be done by is the surest method that I know of pleasing. — Lord Chesterfield · 1747Learning1 quote
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. — Lord Chesterfield · 1746Marriage1 quote
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. — Lord Chesterfield · 1765Moral contagion1 quote
In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. — Lord Chesterfield · 1748Read the room1 quote
Take the tone of the company, that you are in. — Lord Chesterfield · 1747Scandal1 quote
In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. — Lord Chesterfield · 1748Sex1 quote
The pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. — Lord Chesterfield · 1773Sticks and stones1 quote
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. — Lord Chesterfield · 1746Tourism1 quote
Those who travel heedlessly from place to place, observing only their distance from each other and attending only to their accommodation at the inn at night, set out fools, and will certainly return so. — Lord Chesterfield · 1747Travel1 quote
Those who travel heedlessly from place to place, observing only their distance from each other and attending only to their accommodation at the inn at night, set out fools, and will certainly return so. — Lord Chesterfield · 1747Words vs. actions1 quote
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. — Lord Chesterfield · 1746