Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. >>

Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your >>

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but >>

Quotations about Theory

A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its p >>

The Theory of Groups is a branch of mathematics in which one does some >>

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. >>

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.

Chesterfield, Lord