Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quote

Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.


Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son (ed. 1827)


Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.

Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.

Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.

Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.