What did Lord Chesterfield mean by: A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh. Lord Chesterfield Politician · England Copy
The possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them. Read explanation Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Consequences, Justification, Temptation, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Always make the best of the best, and never make bad worse. Author, July 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Avoidance, Improvement, Optimism, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Love has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Comparison, Inevitability, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Ridicule is the best test of truth. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Criticism, Evaluation, Truth, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
A certain degree of fear produces the same effects as rashness. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Consequences, Fear, Risk, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Decision-making, Emotion, Gender, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Knowledge, Manners, World, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Beauty, Impermanence, Time, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
