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14897 E Philip Stanhope (Lord Chesterfield) Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is.
Contempt
Contempt
2475 E Philip Stanhope (Lord Chesterfield) Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Wisdom
Wisdom
3127 E Philip Stanhope (Lord Chesterfield) Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.
Emotions and Feelings
Emotions and Feelings
3970 E Philip Stanhope (Lord Chesterfield) Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various editions of them.
Knowledge
Knowledge