Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latter deserve. To such mi… - Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latter deserve. To such mistakes we owe the numerous and frivolous tribe of insect-mongers, shell-mongers, and pursuers and driers of butterflies, etc. The strong mind distinguishes, not only between the useful and the useless, but likewise between the useful and the curious.

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About Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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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