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.
Lord Chesterfield · Letters to His Son
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“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and…”
- Author
- Lord Chesterfield
- Work
- Letters to His Son
- Year
- 1774
- Length
- 47 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #3352
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