Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quote

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.


Lord Chesterfield's Letters (ed. OUP Oxford, 1998) - ISBN: 9780191605901


Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.