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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

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If you can once engage peoples pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. – Lord Chesterfield

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Fear
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Lord Chesterfield
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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

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Fear
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Lord Chesterfield
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