Lord Chesterfield's Quote - Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield

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The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler. – Lord Chesterfield

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Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. – Lord Chesterfield

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I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united and when one suffers, the other sympathizes. – Lord Chesterfield

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