Quote by Lord Chesterfield
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed;

The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrevocable. – Lord Chesterfield

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately. – Lord Chesterfield

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Letters
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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield

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Humility
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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? – Horace

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What to do with your one life? The same thing you would do if you had two lives, and this were the second. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. – Jonathan Swift

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Carpe Diem

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone. – Harriet Beecher Stowe, Little Foxes, 1865

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