Quote by Lord Chesterfield
The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher

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

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. – Lord Chesterfield

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Fear
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. – Lord Chesterfield

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Father
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Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. – Lord Chesterfield

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Time
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Other Quotes from
Ancestry, Ancestors
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I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. – Abraham Lincoln

Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce

We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights they have delivered to our care. We owe it to our posterity not to suffer their dearest inheritance to be destroyed. – Junius

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them. – Rene Redzepi

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There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens. – Douglas Trumbull

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design