Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
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Those who travel heedlessly from place to place, observing only their distance from each other, and attending only to their accommodation at the inn at night, set out fools, and will certainly return soLord Chesterfield
Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it
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There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel
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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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Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired
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If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
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