Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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