Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
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Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.Lord Chesterfield
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
Lord Chesterfield
If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust.
Lord Chesterfield
The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
Lord Chesterfield
Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.
Lord Chesterfield
The more one works, the more willing one is to work.
Lord Chesterfield
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