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.
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I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments.Lord Chesterfield
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.
Lord Chesterfield
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
Lord Chesterfield
Most people have ears, but few have judgment tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are
Lord Chesterfield
You must embrace the man you hate, if you cannot be justified in knocking him down
Lord Chesterfield
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
Lord Chesterfield
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