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Politiker, Schriftsteller, "Briefe an seinen Sohn Philip Stanhope über die anstrengende Kunst, ein Gentleman zu werden", "Die Kunst unter Menschen glücklich zu leben" (Irland, 1694 - 1773).
Philip Dormer Stanhope · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Philip Dormer Stanhope wäre heute 329 Jahre, 7 Monate, 10 Tage oder 120.387 Tage alt.
Geboren am 22.09.1694 in London
Gestorben am 24.03.1773 in London
Sternzeichen: ♍ Jungfrau
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Weitere 225 Zitate von Philip Dormer Stanhope
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In my opinion, parsons are very like men, and neither the better nor the worse for wearing a black gown.
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In order to judge of the inside of others, study your own; for men in general are very much alike, and though one has one prevailing passion, and another has another, yet their operations are much the same; and whatever engages or disgusts, pleases, or offends you in others will engage, disgust, please or offend others in you.
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In scandal, as in robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
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It is an undoubted truth that the less one has to do the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and, therefore, one seldom does it at all; whereas, those who have a great deal of business must buckle to it; and then they always find time enough to do it.
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It is commonly said, and more particularly by Lord Shaftesbury, that ridicule is the best test of truth.
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It must be owned, that the Graces do not seem to be natives of Great Britain; and I doubt, the best of us here have more of rough than polished diamond.
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Judgement is not on all occasions required, but prudence is.
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Knowledge is comfortable and a necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, but if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
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Let the great book of the world be your principle study.
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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understanding.
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Never seem wiser or more learned than the company you are with. Treat your learning like a wach and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
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Next to doing things that deserve to be written, nothing gets a man more credit, or gives him more pleasure than to write things that deserve to be read.
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No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often needed but seldom minded.
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Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal: no one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
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Politicians neither love nor hate; interest, not sentiment, directs them.
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Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.
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Putting moral virtues at the highest, and religion at the lowest, religion must still be allowed to be a collateral security, at least, to virtue; and every prudent man will sooner trust to two securities than to one.