What did Lord Chesterfield mean by: Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise. Lord Chesterfield Politician · England Copy
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Education, Future, Preparation, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
If you will please people, you must please them in their own way. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Adaptation, Satisfaction, Understanding, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
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
+ We are as often duped by diffidence as by confidence. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Deception, Overconfidence, Self-doubt, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Author, June 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Modesty, Praise, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Attainability, Persistence, Possibility, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
Women’s beauty, like men’s wit, is generally fatal to the owners. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Beauty, Fatalism, Wit, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
+ Fear invites danger; concealed cowards insult known ones. Author, September 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Chesterfield, Cowardice, Danger, Fear, 0 Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is an actor’s defect. I want everybody to like me, so I’ll say what I think will please them. Jean Reno