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Lord Chesterfield's Letters (Oxford World's Classics)

Name: Lord Chesterfield's Letters (Oxford World's Classics)
ISBN: 0199554846

Not originally intended for publication, the celebrated and controversial correspondences between Lord Chesterfield and his son Philip, dating from 1737, were praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teach

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“Since we are denied a long life, let us leave behind something to show that we have lived.”

— Lord Chesterfield, amazon.com

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“Have a real reserve with almost everyone and have a seemingly reserve with almost nobody.”

— Lord Chesterfield, amazon.com

Tagged: Life