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
+ He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Persuasion, 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
+ Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Flying, Hours, Time, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Anger, Strong, Uprising, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Women’s beauty, like men’s wit, is generally fatal to the owners. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Beauty, Owners, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom. Feraz Zeid, October 21, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, Sincerity, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ People hate who makes you feel one’s inferiority. Feraz Zeid, October 12, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, Hate, Inferiority, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Conviction, Convincing, Persuasion, 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