Quote by Lord Chesterfield
For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than

For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. – Lord Chesterfield

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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. – Lord Chesterfield

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Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. – Lord Chesterfield

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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else. – Robert Louis Stevenson

Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls. – Henry David Thoreau

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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