Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill mann >>

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. >>

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harde >>

Quotations about Perfection

It is no crime not to be perfect >>

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to >>

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is >>

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Chesterfield, Lord