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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. - Lord Chesterfield

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

Character must be kept bright as well as clean. - Lord Chesterfield

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear. - Lord Chesterfield

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. - Lord Chesterfield

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Lord Chesterfield

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. - Lord Chesterfield

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

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. - Lord Chesterfield

Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed. - Lord Chesterfield

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

Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. - Lord Chesterfield

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. - Lord Chesterfield

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. - Lord Chesterfield

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. - Lord Chesterfield

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