Quotes and Images from Chesterfield's Letters to His Son

QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS
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LETTERS TO HIS SON, 1766-1771
by The Earl of Chesterfield
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A little learning is a dangerous thing A joker is near akin to a buffoon A favor may make an enemy, and an injury may make a friend Ablest man will sometimes do weak things Above all things, avoid speaking of yourself Above the frivolous as below the important and the secret Above trifles, he is never vehement and eager about them Absolute command of your temper Abstain from learned ostentation Absurd term of genteel and fashionable vices Absurd romances of the two last centuries
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