Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. -

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. – 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
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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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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act. – Lord Chesterfield

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Dance, Dancing
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There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter. – Guy Debord

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Ego

Mastery passes often for egotism. – Johann von Goethe

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Ego

If egotism means a terrific interest in ones self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. – Arnold Bennett

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Ego

The great corrupter of public man is the ego….Looking at the mirror distracts ones attention from the problem. – Dean Acheson

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Ego

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