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

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

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

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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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Sex
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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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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Insults
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He who puts up with insult invites injury. – Yiddish Proverb

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Insults

Some people should use a glue stick instead of ChapStick. – Author unknown

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Insults

Calumny is only the noise of madmen. – Diogenes

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Insults

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. – Rose Macaulay

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Insults

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