Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Quotes about the world

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield was British statesman and man of letters. Explore interesting quotes on world.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: 130 quotes3 likes

“Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

1 July 1748
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)

“I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The World, No. 101 (5 December 1754)

“Courts and camps are the only places to learn the world in.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

2 October 1747
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)

“Patience, to hear frivolous, impertinent, and unreasonable applications: with address enough to refuse, without offending; or, by your manner of granting, to double the obligation: dexterity enough to conceal a truth, without telling a lie: sagacity enough to read other people’s countenances: and serenity enough not to let them discover anything by yours; a seeming frankness, with a real reserve. These are the rudiments of a politician; the world must be your grammar.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

15 January 1748
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)

“The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

2 October 1747
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)

“The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.”

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

4 October 1746
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)