Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
Quotes to Explore
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
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I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.
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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
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Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.
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A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.
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Wearing a hat implies that you are bald if you are a man and that your hair is dirty if you are a woman.
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Unless a person has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous. A great occasion is worth to man exactly what his preparation enables him to make of it.
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My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die.
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There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.
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I always think that I have plenty of time for everything, and then the reality of it doesn't quite match up.
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A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
