Lord Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG was a British statesman and man of letters.
A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London, and educated at Cambridge and then went on the Grand Tour of the continent. The death of Anne and the accession of George I opened up a career for him and brought him back to England. His relative James Stanhope, the king's favourite minister, procured for him the place of gentleman of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.
“Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.”
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“Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves”
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“Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.”
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“Advice is seldom welcome and those who need it the most like it the least.”
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“A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.”
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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.”
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“Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.”
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“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”
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“Ridicule is the best test of truth.”
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“Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him”
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“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
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“The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary.”
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“Jangan memaksa orang mendengarkan anda, sebab kalau orang tidak mau mendengarkan anda, lebih baik tutup mulut.”
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“Sikap yang santun harus menghiasi orang yang berpengetahuan dan melicinkan jalannya dalam pergaulan.”
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“Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.”
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“Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.”
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“Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.”
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