A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners
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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.Lord Chesterfield
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.
Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
Lord Chesterfield
In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.
Lord Chesterfield
If a man has a mind to be thought wiser, and a woman handsomer than they really are, their error is a comfortable one to themselves, and an innocent one with regard to other people
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The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind they will both fall into the ditch
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