169 ordspråk av Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield
Lord Chesterfield föddes den September 22nd 1694 och dog den 24 March 1773
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 A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. |
| 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 |
| A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. |
| A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners |
| A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. |
| A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones |
| A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income |
| Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. |
| Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. |
| Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. |
| An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all |
| An injury is much sooner forgiven than an insult |
| An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. |
| Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. |
| As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. |
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