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

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. – Lord Chesterfield

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Business
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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield

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Humility
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The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield

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Books
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Other Quotes from
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It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. – William Hazlitt

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Travel

I cant wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig theyve ever played in their lives. – Dan Hawkins

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Travel

I travel the world, and Im happy to say that America is still the great melting pot – maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean. – Philip Glass

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Travel

Just get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own climate, populated by large nomadic families who have been trying to find their cars since the Carter administration. – Dave Barry

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Travel

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There never was a merry world since the fairies left off dancing, and the Parson left conjuring. – John Selden, "Parson," Table Talk, 1689

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I couldnt quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society. – Reggie Jackson

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Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps its time to invest in talent, in people. – Christiane Amanpour

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The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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