The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.Lord Chesterfield
The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind they will both fall into the ditch
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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
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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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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.
Lord Chesterfield
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
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