Logo
Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beau

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. – Lord Chesterfield

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

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

Category:
Time
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Peace
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote

Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Vanity
Author
Lord Chesterfield
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Beauty
category

Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. – Miuccia Prada

Category:
Beauty

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. – Charles Baudelaire

Category:
Beauty

Ive just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasnt a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. Shes one of those life-affirming characters. – Sophie Thompson

Category:
Beauty

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. – Khalil Gibran

Category:
Beauty

Random Quotes

The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away. – Leland Val Van de Wall

Category:
Self-Discovery

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing – where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows he was meant and made to do. – Phillips Brooks

Category:
sad

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself. – Moraji R. Desai

Category:
Self-help

History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums. – Alan Greenspan

Category:
History