Logo
Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people

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

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Truth
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Fear
category

The reason most people dont express their individuality and actually deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us or the head of the federal reserve, Its what their families and their friends down at the bar are going to think of them. – David Icke

Category:
Fear

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Fear

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does. – Christiane Amanpour

Category:
Fear

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Fear

Random Quotes

Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended. – Keith Thibodeaux

Category:
Birthday

The one thing my mom will let me get is a nice shoe sometimes. – Chloe Moretz

Category:
mom

If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future. – Danielle Steel

Category:
Future

The clear light that belongs to October was making the landscape radiant. – Florence Bone (1875–1971), The Morning of To‑Day, 1907

Category:
October