Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1756-58 by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
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Nipped in the bud
No great regard for human testimony Not to communicate, prematurely, one's hopes or one's fears Person to you whom I am very indifferent about, I mean myself Petty jury Something must be said, but that something must be nothing Sow jealousies among one's enemies Think to atone by zeal for their want of merit and importance Think yourself less well than you are, in order to be quite so What have I done to-day? Will pay very dear for the quarrels and ambition of a few |
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