Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so. -

Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so. – Lord Chesterfield

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Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. – Lord Chesterfield

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Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely 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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It is well, when one is judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. – Arnold Bennett

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. – Lydia Maria Child

Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment. – Louis D. Brandeis

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians. – Warren Earl Burger

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