 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 σελίδες
...fils. 265 To love one that is great is almost to be great one's self. — Mme. Necker. 266 258 267 Most arts require long study and application ; but...of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire. — Cites terfield. 268 As beauty of body, with an agreeable carriage, pleases the eye, and that pleasure... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 346 σελίδες
...exactly the case of good-breeding. Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre ; and many more people see than weigh. Most arts require...only the desire. It is to be presumed, that a man of commonsense, who does not desire to please, desires nothing at all, since he must know that he cannot... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1891 - 302 σελίδες
...carry you, as it has carried thousands, a great way, without the latter. //'. iii. 192. • • • Most arts require long study and application ; but...of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire. Ib. iv. 304. • • • A man who despairs of pleasing will never please ; a man who is sure that... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 528 σελίδες
...exactly the case of good-breeding. Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre; and many more people see than weigh. Most arts require...does not desire to please, desires nothing at all ; r since he must know that he cannot obtain anything without it. A skilful negotiator will most carefully... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 324 σελίδες
...exactly the case of good-breeding. Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre; and many more people see than weigh. Most arts require...only the desire. It is to be presumed, that a man of commonsense, who does not desire to please, desires nothing at all, since he must know that he cannot... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 504 σελίδες
...exactly the case of good breeding. Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre; and many more people see than weigh. Most arts require...that of pleasing, requires only the desire. It is to bo presumed, that a man of common sense who does not desire to please, desires nothing at all ; since... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 σελίδες
...conformity of the features to each other, and to the air and complexion of the person. — Hochefoucauld. Most arts require long study and application ; but...of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire. — Chesterfield. Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - 1898 - 720 σελίδες
...by the extent of his intellect.» «Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre; and many more people see, than weigh. » « Most arts...all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire.» The letters show evidences of the lax morality of the times; but are remarkable for choice of imagery,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901 - 524 σελίδες
...exactly the case of good breeding. Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre ; and many more people see than weigh. Most arts require...at all ; since he must know that he cannot obtain anything without it. A skilful negotiator will most carefully distinguish between the little and the... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 520 σελίδες
...maketh a cheerful countenance (Ecclesiasticus), 120 ; Smooth your way to the head thro' the heart. . . . The most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire (Chesterfield), 361 ; Resolved to exhibit an air of love, cheerfulness and benignity. . . . When most... | |
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments only give lustre ; and many more people see than weigh. Most arts require long study and application ; but the most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire. 
