Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. >>

He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with the >>

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, >>

Quotations about Forgiveness

And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just >>

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. >>

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has >>

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a discovery of weakness, which we are more careful to conceal than a crime. Many a man will confess his crimes to a friend; but I never knew a man that would tell his silly weaknesses to his most intimate one.

Chesterfield, Lord