In truth, whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well; and nothing can be done well without attention: I therefore carry the necessity of attention down to the lowest things, even to dancing and dress.
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Lord Chesterfield quotes & passages
3 passages by Lord Chesterfield, from Letters to His Son. Lord Chesterfield died in 1773, so the words are in the public domain. Every passage is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg text.
Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it; but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till to-morrow what you can do today.
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