In short, let it be your maxim through life, to know all yo… - Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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In short, let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the informations of others.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters.

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Alternative Names: Philip Dormer Stanhope • Lord Stanhope • Filip Dormer Çesterfild • Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield • Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

It is a great advantage for any man to be able to talk or hear, neither ignorantly nor absurdly, upon any subject; for I have known people, who have not said one word, hear ignorantly and absurdly; it has appeared by their inattentive and unmeaning faces.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

In short, let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the informations of others. - Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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