Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 100
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. generality of people are weak enough to be pleased with these little things , those who refuse to please them , so cheaply , are , in my mind , weaker than they . [ Same month , O. S. , 1746 ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. generality of people are weak enough to be pleased with these little things , those who refuse to please them , so cheaply , are , in my mind , weaker than they . [ Same month , O. S. , 1746 ...
Σελίδα 105
... weak that it is not able to bear above one object at a time ; or so affected , that it would be supposed to be wholly engrossed by , and directed to , some very great and important objects . Sir Isaac Newton , Mr. Locke , and ( it may ...
... weak that it is not able to bear above one object at a time ; or so affected , that it would be supposed to be wholly engrossed by , and directed to , some very great and important objects . Sir Isaac Newton , Mr. Locke , and ( it may ...
Σελίδα 164
... weak men really do , but wise ones only seem to do it . No flattery is either too high or too low for them . They will greedily swallow the highest , and gracefully accept of the lowest ; and you may safely flatter any woman , from her ...
... weak men really do , but wise ones only seem to do it . No flattery is either too high or too low for them . They will greedily swallow the highest , and gracefully accept of the lowest ; and you may safely flatter any woman , from her ...
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