What did Lord Chesterfield mean by: A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. Lord Chesterfield Politician · England Copy
Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Experience, Individuality, Pleasure, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ To please people is a great step towards persuading them. Author, July 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Approval, Influence, Persuasion, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Ambition, Capability, Patience, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Expression, Fashion, Perception, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. Author, August 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Identity, Influence, Society, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Faults, Perception, Self-love, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Expense, Pleasure, Ridiculousness, 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
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
