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«A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones»
«For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.»
«Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield (Diplomat, Statesman, Wit) | About: Women | Keywords: characteristics
«Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes»
«Knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.»
«It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon»
«Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is»
«The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.»
«A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.»
«Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.»

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