Quote by Lord Chesterfield
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description o

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must travel through it ones self to be acquainted with it. – Lord Chesterfield

Other quotes by Lord Chesterfield

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Nature
Read Quote

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Assumptions
Read Quote

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Enemy, Enemies
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Travel
category

Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time away, and any trouble you get into through being well known. Its not for the acting, thats for sure. – Bill Murray

Category:
Travel

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Travel

To get away from ones working environment is, in a sense, to get away from ones self and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. – Charles Horton Cooley

Category:
Travel

I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun. – Guy Laliberte

Category:
Travel

Random Quotes

For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press3. – Alice Kahn

Category:
Technology

If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. James 2:8 – Bible

Category:
Neighbors

The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. – Bill Toomey

Category:
Science

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation. – Robert Morgan

Category:
Poetry