Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quote

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.


The Works of Lord Chesterfield (ed. 1855)


I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great...

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great...

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great...

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great...