Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do no

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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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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Nature
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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

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Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men. – Ernest Moritz Arndt

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 – Bible

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There is in some people a quietly unassuming pride that no misfortune can humble, and it goes by the name of humility. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances. – Lee Ann Womack

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Perform, then, this one act of remembrance before this Day passes – Remember there is an army of defense and advance that never dies and never surrenders, but is increasingly recruited from the eternal sources of the American spirit and from the generations of American youth. – W.J. Cameron

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Im not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot. – Manuel Puig

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Croatia is an amazing place. – Jean Reno

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