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Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. - Lord

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. – Lord Chesterfield

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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. – Lord Chesterfield

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Patience
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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
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The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must travel through it ones self to be acquainted with it. – Lord Chesterfield

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Travel
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Other Quotes from
Appearance
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There is no actual law that says that a person of inner beauty cannot also maintain an appearance. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Appearance

A dimple on the chin, the devil within. – Scottish Proverb

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Appearance

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. – Jonathan Swift

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Appearance

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler, Erewhon

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Appearance

Random Quotes

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness. – Menander

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God

What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars. – Courtney Love

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If we dont end war, war will end us. – H. G. Wells

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War

O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride. – G. K. Chesterton

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Pride