Philip Dormer Stanhope
Philip Dormer Stanhope 's Bio
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Born:31.01.2014
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Death:31.01.2014
Maxioms by Philip Dormer Stanhope
A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.
A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.
The dews of the evening most carefully shun;
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
The dews of the evening most carefully shun;
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
Style is the dress of thoughts.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
Style is the dress of thoughts.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say read more
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so
little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad
company by doing so."
