Quotes and Images from Chesterfield's Letters to His Son
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
English
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Below is a summary of Quotes and Images from Chesterfield's Letters to His Son
LETTERS TO HIS SON, 1766-1771
by The Earl of Chesterfield


QUOTATIONS
A little learning is a dangerous thingA joker is near akin to a buffoonA favor may make an enemy, and an injury may make a friendAblest man will sometimes do weak thingsAbove all things, avoid speaking of yourselfAbove the frivolous as below the important and the secretAbove trifles, he is never vehement and eager about themAbsolute command of your temperAbstain from learned ostentationAbsurd term of genteel and fashionable vicesAbsurd romances of the two last centuriesAccording as their interest prompts them to wishAcquainted with books, and an absolute stranger to menAdvice is seldom welcomeAdvise those who do not speak elegantly, not to speakAdvocate, the friend, but not the bully of virtueAffectation of singularity or superiorityAffectation in dressAffectation of businessAll have senses to be gratifiedAlways made the best of the best, and never made bad worseAlways does more than he saysAlways some favorite word for the time beingAlways look people in the face when you speak to themAm still unwell; I cannot help it!American ColoniesAncients and ModernsAnxiety for my health and lifeApplauded often, without approvingApt to make them think themselves more necessary than they areArgumentative, polemical conversationsArrogant pedantArt of pleasing is the most necessaryAs willing and as apt to be pleased as anybodyAscribing the greatest actions to the most trifling causesAssenting, but without being servile and abjectAssertion instead of argumentAssign the deepest motives for the most trifling actionsAssurance and intrepidityAt the first impulse of passion, be silent till you can be softAttacked by ridicule, and, punished with contemptAttend to the objects of your expenses, but not to the sumsAttention to the inside of booksAttention and civility please allAttentionAuthor is obscure and difficult in his own languageAuthorityAvoid cacophony, and, what is very near as bad, monotonyAvoid singularityAwkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actionsBe neither transported nor depressed by the accidents of lifeBe silent till you can be softBeing in the power of every man to hurt himBeing intelligible is now no longer the fashionBetter not to seem to understand, than to replyBetter refuse a favor gracefully, than to grant it clumsilyBlindness of the understanding is as much to be pitiedBold, but with great seeming modestyBorough-jobber
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