Quote by Lord Chesterfield
He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with

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

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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings. – Lord Chesterfield

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Men
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. – Lord Chesterfield

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Enemy, Enemies
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. – Lord Chesterfield

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Laziness
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More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar. – Proverb

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If you cant get people to listen to you any other way, tell them its confidential. – Proverb

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Those that will not hear must be made to feel. – Proverb

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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. – Isadora Duncan

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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain. – Samuel Johnson

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I mean, its amazing that I get to meet all these people. Ive learned so much from all of them. I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I cant even describe how much fun I had. – Elle Fanning

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Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered. – Pierre Coneille

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