Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
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Most people have ears, but few have judgment tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they areLord Chesterfield
I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
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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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Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
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Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man.
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Women, and young men, are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted
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