 ... conform; and then they should be able to do it well. And, though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance, I would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do, well. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it...  Letters on education - Page 42by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847Full view - About this book
 | R. Turner (B.A.) - Forms (Law) - 1845 - 318 pages
...dressed as those whom he lives with : the difference in this case between a man of sense and a top is, that the fop values himself upon his dress ; and...other people, if you can ; but do not tell them so. From the Same to the Same. Feb. 16, 18—. Dear Boy, — The first use that I made of my lib. erty,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1857 - 642 pages
...told yon, that I wished you even played at pitch, and cricket, better than any boy at Westminister. For instance, dress is a very foolish thing, and yet...showing it. Be wiser than other people, if you can ; bnt do not tell them so. It is a very fortunate thing for Sir Charles Hotham, to have fallen into... | |
 | Etiquette - 1870 - 268 pages
...send them, just what we should say to the persons if we were with them. DANCING TRIFLING.—Dancing is in itself a very trifling, silly thing; but it...other people if you can, but do not tell them so. INATTENTION.—There is no surer sign in the world of a little, weak mind, than inuttention. Whatever... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1870 - 292 pages
...the Greek epigrams to your supreme contempt. Good night to you. [Same date.] DANCING TRIPLING. — Dancing is in itself a very trifling, silly thing;...wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell then} so. [Dublin Castle, Nov. 19, 1745.1] THE PASSIONS. — Wherever yon would persuade or prevail,... | |
 | James Kernan - Etiquette - 1877 - 130 pages
...trifling, but which (if it is to be done at all) ought to be done well. And I have often told yon, that I wished you even played at pitch and cricket,...other people if you can, but do not tell them so. Inattention. There is no surer sign in the world of a little, weak mind, than inattention. Whatever... | |
 | Henrietta Louisa Lear - 1881 - 114 pages
...CHEsTEEFIELD. XXXI. 'TyOGENES was a wise man for .*--' despising little worldly customs, Discretion, but a fool for showing it. Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. — LDED CHESTEEFIELD. XXXII. After T17HEN we have wound up our al • • minds for any point of time,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 346 pages
...you a dancer, yet, when you do dance, I would have you dance well, as I would have you do every thing you do, well. There is no one thing so trifling, but...other people if you can, but do not tell them so. [Dublin Castle, Nov. 19, 1745-*] * His lordship was then Viceroy of Ireland. THE PASSIONS. — Wherever... | |
 | Detroit (Mich.) - 1888 - 466 pages
...General Jackson used to say, " Think before acting, but when the time for action comes, efcop thinking.'* Be wiser than other people if you can, but •do not tell them so. Coming to the point is the law of achievement Scattered forces never win a battle. — Frances WiUard.... | |
 | Maurice O'Connor Morris - Dublin Castle - 1889 - 338 pages
...live long, perhaps as long as Rochefoucalt's — such as when apropos of foolish customs, he said, " Diogenes, the cynic, was a wise man for despising...other people if you can, but do not tell them so." In spite of a milk diet contributed by an ass, a cow, and a goat, he died in 1773. His son predeceased... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1891 - 296 pages
...gratify your senses, extend your knowledge, or refine your manners. Letters to his Son, iii. 279. Dress. There is no one thing so trifling, but which (if it...other people, if you can ; but do not tell them so. Letters to his Son, i. 223. Your dress (as insignificant a thing as dress is in itself) is now become... | |
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