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b86c908 Take the tone of the company you are in. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
2f26679 I recommend you to take care of the minutes: for hours will take care of themselves. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
c39f4eb Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
1f8ae3f Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
af5f5e8 Sacrifice to the Graces. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
d23b4a9 In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred, as audible laughter. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
c1e0893 I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has ever heard me laugh. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
27de987 Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
4f16814 Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
e21a582 Style is the dress of thoughts. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
33ed80d Dispatch is the soul of business. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
1e72a01 I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
3335a40 Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
856109b Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
8336bf6 The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
037ed8b Let dull critics feed upon the carcasses of plays; give me the taste and the dressing. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
2baec9e People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
0399ffb There is no advance without strife. Philip Wylie
6fb480d I think if you've got something to say and you can say it with less, that's the way to go. Philip Ó Ceallaigh
b7f59b3 God died and His death was the life of the world. Philipp Mainländer
dca5fb3 The will must not only despise death, it must love it; for chastity is the love of death. Philipp Mainländer
8ea108b Life is hell, and the sweet still night of absolute death is the annihilation of hell. Philipp Mainländer
38764e0 The kingdom of heaven after death, nirvana and absolute nothingness are one and the same. Philipp Mainländer
70270d0 Camera-Phones are at the root of the Citizen-Journalism revolution. Philippe Kahn
b5e28ec Everything I do is a symbol. Everything, has a meaning. Philippe Starck
2389a7b The world wants water not taps, the world wants warmth not a heater. Philippe Starck
2bf21ff I have refused everybody, including A-list celebrities. Philippe Starck
8e34266 You must have your own responsibility, your own consciousness. Philippe Starck
a647ff8 Nobody is obliged to be genious but everybody is obliged to participate. Philippe Starck
a3b35d2 God is the answer when we don't know the answer. Philippe Starck
b2828f4 The state is] never a contract among peaceful men but always a conquest of one group over another. Phillip Abbott Luce
c15d42d We are removing the most important cultural roadblock to accepting the role of God as creator. Phillip E. Johnson
5db15f3 The subject is not just the theory of evolution, the subject is the reality of God. Phillip E. Johnson
92a241b Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. Phillips Brooks
2811f17 When first thy pencil did these beaties give And breathing figures learnt from thee to live Phillis Wheatley
90850d9 Creation smiles in various beauty gayWhile day to night, and night succeeds day Phillis Wheatley
43c5f9a Bodies have men as their masters, souls their vices and passions. Philo
4a2eeb9 God and no mortal is my Sovereign. Philo
974af72 He who has God alone for his leader, he alone is free. Philo
1ce0c92 Nothing will a man rue more than refusal to listen to the wise. Philo
ab983dc This has made it all worthwhile. (The live televised first step by Neil Armstrong on the moon.) Philo Farnsworth
5c85dc3 The damned thing works! (telegram, on the first successful television broadcast) Philo Farnsworth
2164dba Philology always leads to crime. Philology
10cbd28 I show Baby, and Oswald shows the hounds. We've nothing else to interest anybody. Phineas Redux