What did Lord Chesterfield mean by: Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice. - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England Copy
+ The greatest powers cannot injure a man’s character whose reputation is unblemished among his party. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Character, Party, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Judgment, Justice, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Haste, Powerful, Work, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed. Feraz Zeid, September 1, 2023December 24, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, Errors, Failure, Honest, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Chesterfield, Equality, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Feraz Zeid, September 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, 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
+ Not to care for philosophy is to be a true philospher. Feraz Zeid, August 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Lord Chesterfield, Care, Philosophy, Wise, 0 - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters. - Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Revolutionary leader and politician · France
The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Explain - Ludwig von Mises Economist · Austria
Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. - Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error… - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Painter · France
