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«A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
magnifies, magnifying, microscope, microscopes, The Microscope, trifled, trifling
«For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.»
«Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.»
«Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| About:
Mankind,
Men
| Keywords:
crimes, imperfections, unwilling, weaknesses
«Knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.»
«It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon»
«Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is»
«The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| About:
Poverty
| Keywords:
advising, compliment
«A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.»
«Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
breeding, denial, good nature, good sense, self-denial
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