Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out for if people are unwilling to hear you you had better hold your tongue than them.
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Lord Chesterfield was title in the peerage of england. Earl of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Advice is seldom welcome and those who want it the most always like it the least.”
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“Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.”
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“Patience is a most necessary quality for business many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.”
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“Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.”
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“You must look into people as well as at them.”
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“Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.”
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