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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. – Lord Chesterfield

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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. – Lord Chesterfield

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Patience
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In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield

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Shame
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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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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. – Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus puerisque, 1881

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Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. – Mignon McLaughlin

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No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work. – William Ralph Inge

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Take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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