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

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

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

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Fear
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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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Art
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Other Quotes from
Judging, Judgment
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Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment. – Bible

Never judge a man by his umbrella. It may not be his. – Anon.

To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection. – Wayne Dyer

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

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All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope. – Alexandre Dumas

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The year is 2006. The world has changed in about 364 significant ways since you started reading this sentence. – Terri Guillemets

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Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow. – Philip Wylie, Generation of Vipers

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To understand the world one must not be worrying about ones self. – Albert Einstein

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