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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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Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. – Lord Chesterfield

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I am convinced that a light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward. – 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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