Ridicule is the best test of truth.
More Quotes from 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
There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please almost everybody knows someone thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought but it will always be known.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
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
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.
Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
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