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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. – Lord Chesterfield

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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. – Lord Chesterfield

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Laziness
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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

Category:
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Lord Chesterfield
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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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It is nobler to convert souls, than to conquer kingdoms. – Louis Debonnaire

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Persuasion

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. – Dwight D Eisenhower

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Persuasion

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. – Johann von Goethe

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Persuasion

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