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To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, a

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. – Lord Chesterfield

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Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield

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