Lord Chesterfield's Quote - Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are

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Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. – 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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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. – Lord Chesterfield

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The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable. – Lord Chesterfield

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