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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attain

In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it – thou art a fool. – Lord Chesterfield

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In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield

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Shame
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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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Experience
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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Sex
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An artist is somebody who produces things that people dont need to have. – Andy Warhol

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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. – Jean Rostand

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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. – Laurence J. Peter

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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. – Jean Cocteau

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China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I dont believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly dont believe they do fear the United States. – Paul Wolfowitz

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