 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
 | 1845 - 562 σελίδες
...conversation : — ' Talk often, but never long ; in tbat case, if you do not please, at least yon are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning,...convinced that he has wherewithal to pay. ' Tell stories very seldom, and absolutely never but where they fire very apt, and very short. Omit every circumstance... | |
 | 1845 - 718 σελίδες
...different and neutral person for the sake of a ban mot, , Or the hints on conversation :- — '" ' • Talk often, but never long ; in that case, if you...hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat tbe whole company I this being one of the very few cases in which people do not care to be treated,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 492 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1852 - 386 σελίδες
...own expense, to treat the whole company. This being one of the few cases in which people do not wish to be treated; every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay his own bill." This fault is particularly noticed and reproved in Scripture. "A fool's voice," says... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 σελίδες
...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 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole...being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay." His favourite maxim (copied from Swift) was " Take as many half-minutes as you can get. but never talk... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 490 σελίδες
...and his mind was full. He consciously or unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company ; This being one of the very few ca-H's in which people do not care to be treated, every one being fully oonviurrd that he has wherewithal... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 482 σελίδες
...unconsciously, too, abided by Lord Chesterfield's rule, " Pay your own reckoning, but do not tival the whole company ; This being one of the very few cases in whick people do not care to be treated, every one being fully com ino-d that he has wherewithal to... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 642 σελίδες
...own jittenUoii to the best models ; remember, however, that they are of consequence. Talk often, hut never long : in that case, if you do not please, at...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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