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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and ma

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. – Lord Chesterfield

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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act. – Lord Chesterfield

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Dance, Dancing
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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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Lord Chesterfield
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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. – Plato

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I never doubted that I would work, and every time I went to an audition, I went into the room with the knowledge that I was going to get the part. Ninety-nine times out of 100, I didnt. – Busy Philipps

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Knowledge

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge. – Arthur Rimbaud

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From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself. – Talcott Parsons

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