Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a

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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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. – Lord Chesterfield

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Punctuality
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. – Lord Chesterfield

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Learning
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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. – Lord Chesterfield

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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. – Richard Dawkins

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Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. – Paul Cezanne

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Nature

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a ladys head-dress. – Joseph Addison

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All the uglinesses of the world can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature! – Mehmet Murat ildan

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Nothing succeeds like ones own successor. – Clarence H. Hincks

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The best General Rule for Diet that I can write, is to Eat and Drink only of such Foods—at such times,—and in such quantities—as Experience has convinced you, agree with your Constitution—and absolutely to avoid all other. – William Kitchiner (1775–1827), “Art of Invigorating Life,” The Art of Invi

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Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. – Vince Lombardi

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Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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