Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. – Lord Chesterfield

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In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it – thou art a fool. – 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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A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. – Lord Chesterfield

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What way should Victor take in the labyrinth of beauty?— All the sixty-four radii of the compass stretched themselves out as so many fingerposts, and he had sense enough not to propose to himself any particular hour of arriving. – Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, Hesperus, or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography,

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He is invariably in a hurry. Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life. – Elizabeth Bibesco

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I regret less the road not taken than my all-fired hurry along the road I took. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. – Søren Kierkegaard

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