What did Lord Chesterfield mean by: A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England Copy
+ I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Advice, Funny, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Business, Method, Soul, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Teacher, Teaching, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ The most ignorant are the boldest conjecturers. Feraz Zeid, July 28, 2023December 12, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, Ignorance, Ignorant, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. Feraz Zeid, October 8, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, Best Friend, Friendship, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ A certain degree of fear produces the same effects as rashness. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Degrees, Fear, Produce, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Enjoy, Pleasure, Taste, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Funny, Humorous, Laughter, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France