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I wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it.

Lord Chesterfield

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Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.
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In friendship, as well as in love, the mind is often the dupe of the heart.
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Women's beauty, like men's wit, is generally fatal to the owners.
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Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.
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When a man is once in fashion, all he does is right.
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