 Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company, — this being one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated,...  Letters, Sentences, and Maxims - Σελίδα 148των Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1888 - 327 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1144 σελίδες
...your own attention to the best models; remember, however, that they are of consequence. Talk oftenr . very seldom^ and absolutely never but where they are very apt and very short. Omit every circumstance... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901
...dancing-master, and to your own attention to the best models ; remember, however, that they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long : in that case, if you...few cases in which people do not care to be treated, everyone being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899
...master and to your own attention to the best models; remember, however, that they are of consequence. Talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do...convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they are very apt and very short. Omit every circumstance... | |
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