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Lord Chesterfield Quotes (264 quotes)

“Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“The most familiar and intimate habitudes, connections, friendships, require a degree of good-breeding both to preserve and cement them.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.”
―Lord Chesterfield

Source/Notes:
Letter to his son, April 26, 1748

“Men, as well as women, are oftener led by their hearts than their understandings. The way to the heart is through the senses; please their eyes and ears, and the work is half done.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“Anything that is worth doing at all is worth doing well.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“Not to perceive the little weaknesses and the idle but innocent affectations of the company may be allowable as a sort of polite duty. The company will be pleased with you if you do, and most probably will not be reformed by you if you do not.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“I am sure that since I had the use of my reason, no human being has ever heard me laugh.”
―Lord Chesterfield

“Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.”
―Lord Chesterfield

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Lord Chesterfield

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Lord Chesterfield

Born: September 22, 1694

Died: March 24, 1773 (aged 78)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Statesman

Bio: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, was a British statesman and man of letters. He was born in London and was known as Lord Stanhope until his father's death in 1726.

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