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

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Risk
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Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. – Lord Chesterfield

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Health
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Few are humble, for it takes a self-esteem few possess. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. – Benjamin Whichcote

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Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. – William Safire

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Humility

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. – Benjamin Franklin

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At home its all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I dont want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so Ill go out for a drink with the girls. – Sadie Frost

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Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened. – Suzanne Somers

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Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself. – Julio Cortazar

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. – Voltaire

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architecture