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The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

~Philip Stanhope, 4Th Earl Of Chesterfield

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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

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Take the tone of the company you are in.

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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

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To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.

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Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

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Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.

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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Statesman

Born: September 22nd, 1694

Died: March 24th, 1773

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