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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..

"A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income."

Chesterfield, Lord on wit    Share

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"The more one works, the more willing one is to work."

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"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."

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"Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."

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

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"For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention."

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"Take the tone of the company you are in."

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"Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them."

Chesterfield, Lord on conversation
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"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."

Chesterfield, Lord on dance and dancing    Share

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