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Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

~Philip Stanhope, 4Th Earl Of Chesterfield

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The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.

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Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.

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When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.

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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

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Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

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In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Statesman

Born: September 22nd, 1694

Died: March 24th, 1773

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