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

Idleness is only the refuge of weak
minds, and the holiday of fools. — Philip Dormer Stanhope

Ridicule is the best test of truth. — Philip Dormer Stanhope

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

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

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

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

Dispatch is the soul of business. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

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

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

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

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

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

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

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

The more one works, the more willing one is to work. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

Common sense is the best sense I know of — Philip Dormer Stanhope

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

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

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

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

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

In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

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

When a person is in fashion, all they do is right. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. — Philip Dormer Stanhope