The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker the philosopher a cynic the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable.
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Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.Lord Chesterfield
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
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The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
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Women are much more like each other than men they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love these are their universal characteristics.
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Swallow all your learning in the morning, but digest it in company in the evenings
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