Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield - Learning Quotes

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Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield