Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

Let this be one invariable rule of your conduct-never to show the least symptom of resentment, which you cannot, to a certain degree, gratify; but always to smile, where you cannot strike.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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