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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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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

Category:
Fear
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Lord Chesterfield
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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Dance, Dancing
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Lord Chesterfield
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Haste
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Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. – John Wesley

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Haste

And to this day I wish I had lingered a week or so…. But we stupid mortals, or most of us, are always in haste to reach somewhere else, forgetting that the zest is in the journey and not in the destination. – Ralph D. Paine, Roads of Adventure

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Haste

This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims. – Matthew Arnold

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Haste

The West has made people too time-conscious, not knowing where they are going but speeding to get there because time is short. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Haste

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