Lord Chesterfield Quotes About Youth
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A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not.
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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
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The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder.
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At any age we must cherish illusions, consolatory or merely pleasant; in youth, they are omnipresent; in old age we must search for them, or even invent them. But with all that, boredom is their natural and inevitable accompaniment.
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Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay.
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Lord Chesterfield
- Born: September 22, 1694
- Died: March 24, 1773
- Occupation: British Statesman