Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quote

We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.


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


We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.

We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.

We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.

We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.