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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

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If you can once engage people’s pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.

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May 21, 2024

If you can once engage people’s pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.

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May 21, 2024

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

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