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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse, always ha

The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. – Lord Chesterfield

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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield

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Humility
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Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately. – Lord Chesterfield

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

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Prejudice
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Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. – Theodore Bikel

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I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. – William Ernest Hocking

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Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. – Alexander Hamilton

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Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. – Albert Einstein

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Im always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. – John F. Kennedy

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