Logo
Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, with

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. – Lord Chesterfield

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybodys torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Religion
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Vanity
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote

Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Health
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Jewelry
category

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. – Honore de Balzac

Category:
Jewelry

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Jewelry

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. – Mahatma Gandhi

Category:
Jewelry

The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber

Category:
Jewelry

Random Quotes

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and fears, to which the Bible addresses itself, it might rival it in distribution. – Wallace Stevens

Category:
Poetry

You are as important to your health as it is to you. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Health

It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes – they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing. – Frank Shorter

Category:
Education

Democracy arose from mens thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. – Aristotle

Category:
Freedom