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I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.   Chesterfield, Lord

Excerpt from Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1748 · This quote is about heroes and heroism · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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The Earls of Chesterfield were an aristocratic family from Derbyshire, England. Their ancestral seat is Bretby Hall at Bretby, Derbyshire, and their family name is "Stanhope". Upon the death of the thirteenth Earl, the title became extinct, as no more male descendants of the first Earl were living.

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