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Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Idleness is only the refuge of weakminds, and the holiday of fools.

Idleness is only the refuge of weak
minds, and the holiday of fools.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Ridicule is the best test of truth.

Ridicule is the best test of truth.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: We are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.

We are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: I recommend you take care of the minutes: for hours take care of themselves

I recommend you take care of the minutes: for hours take care of themselves

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves

Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Secret thoughts and an open countenance will take you safely the world over

Secret thoughts and an open countenance will take you safely the world over

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.

Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: But a young man should be ambitious to shine, and excel; alert, active, and indefatigable in the means of doing it.

But a young man should be ambitious to shine, and excel; alert, active, and indefatigable in the means of doing it.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Common sense is the best sense I know of

Common sense is the best sense I know of

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.

I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: In matters of religion and matrimony I never give advice, because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give advice, because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.

Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.

A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Advice is seldom welcome and those who need it the most like it the least.

Advice is seldom welcome and those who need it the most like it the least.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Keep your own secret, and get out other people's.

Keep your own secret, and get out other people's.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.

Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt; and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt; and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

Philip Dormer Stanhope quotes: Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.