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• He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
  -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Character of Bolingbroke...
• Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.
  -- Chesterfield (1694-1773)...
• The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be
  because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him...
• And the Captain looked down upon the Project, and He saw that it was Good!
• Despatch is the soul of business. -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Feb, 5, 1750
• Sacrifice to the Graces. -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Letter, March 9, 1748
• Style is the dress of thoughts. -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Letter, Nov. 24, 1749
• If I can catch him once upon the hip I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
  He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate....
• There was a child went forth everyday, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or dread
  that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day....