A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object, and, in some … - Philip Dormer Stanhope

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A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object, and, in some degree, banish for that time all other objects from his thoughts.

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About Philip Dormer Stanhope

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

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