People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you upon that which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb, which says very justly, Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are. Letters, Sentences, and Maxims - Σελίδα 146των Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 327 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Historical mirror - 1776 - 308 σελίδες
...people will judge of you, and not unreasonably, by that. There is good fenfe in the Spanifh faying, " Tell me •whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are." Make it therefore your bufinefs, .wherever you are, to get into that company, •which every body of the place allows to be... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1801 - 474 σελίδες
...Leader, of the band. of you, and not unreafonably, by that. There is goodlenle in the Spanifh laying, " Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are." Make it, therefore, your bufineis, wherever you are, to get into that company, which every body of the place allows to be the... | |
| Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 σελίδες
...perfon. Every perfon is entitled to civility, but very Jew to ctnfidence. The Spanifli proverb fays, " Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are." The Englifh fay, " A man is • known by the company he keeps." 16. Good breeding does not'confift... | |
| Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 σελίδες
...person. JL-very person is entitled to crviSty^ but very few to confidence. The Spanish proverb says, " Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are." The English say, " A man is knovrii by the company he keeps." 16. Good breeding does not consist in... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope - 1810 - 468 σελίδες
...upon that wldch they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverh, which says very justly, ' Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are.' One may fairly suppose that a man who makes a knave or a fool his friend, has something very had to... | |
| H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 σελίδες
...level of the company which you commonly keep : people will judge of you, and not unreasonably, by that. There is good sense in the Spanish saying: „Tell...wherever you are, to get into that company, which every body of the place allows to be the best company, next to their own : which is the best definition... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1827 - 420 σελίδες
...upon that which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb, which says, very justly, Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are. One may fairly suppose, that a man, who makes a knave or a fool his friend, has something very bad... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1828 - 270 σελίδες
...upon that which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb, which says very justly, "Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are." One may fairly suppose, that a man, who makes a knave or a fool his friend, has something very bad... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 σελίδες
...upon that which they have of your friends; and there is a Spanish proverh, which says, very justly, * Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are.' One may fairly suppose, that a man who makes a knave, or a fool his friend, has something veiy had... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Esq. Alfred Howard - 1831 - 306 σελίδες
...which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb, which says jery justly, "Tell aie whom you live with, and I will tell you who •you are." One may fairly suppose, that a man, who makes a knave or a fool his friend, has something very bad... | |
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