He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
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Patience is a most necessary quality for business many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Style is the dress of thoughts ... if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Men have various subjects in which they may excel, or at least would be thought to excel, and though they love to hear justice done to them where they know they excel, yet they are most and best flattered upon those points where they wish to excel and yet are doubtful whether they do or not.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
The vulgar only laugh, but never smile whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
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