Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and present with a bow. Lord Chesterfield More Quotes by Lord Chesterfield More Quotes From Lord Chesterfield One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning. Lord Chesterfield teaching education thinking Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway. Lord Chesterfield dating men way Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method. Lord Chesterfield method business soul So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character. Lord Chesterfield personality character men Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay. Lord Chesterfield decay youth age The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder. Lord Chesterfield knaves age heart 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. Lord Chesterfield real men thinking Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed. Lord Chesterfield honest failure errors Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are in a state of mediocrity are best flattered upon their beauty, or at least their graces; for every woman who is not absolutely ugly thinks herself handsome. Lord Chesterfield grace beautiful thinking Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. Lord Chesterfield vanity passion men Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh. Lord Chesterfield laughter fashion silly Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings. Lord Chesterfield women understanding beautiful There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is seldom one in which a man should tell it all. Lord Chesterfield secret men order When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned. Lord Chesterfield passion remember men Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them. Lord Chesterfield enjoy pleasure taste We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. Lord Chesterfield imitation half Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go. Lord Chesterfield human-condition reputation people It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents. Lord Chesterfield favors sight people Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character. Lord Chesterfield gambling play character Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. Lord Chesterfield capitalism deception
