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.
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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.Lord Chesterfield
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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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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I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.
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A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.
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Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
Lord Chesterfield
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