Letters to His Son

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• No Man is ridiculous for being what he really is, but for affecting to be what he is not.
• Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence.
• Lies and perfidy are the refuge of fools and cowards.

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• Amazing book packed with father's genuine affection to his son, practical advice, medieval etiquettes, and 16th century politics.
• Chesterfield defends him. His letter, consoling him over this disastrous speech, is almost kind.
• Chesterfield, during the early years of his son's life, alternately cajoles and threatens him into shape - wanting, it soon becomes clear, the impossible from the poor lad.

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• Every man's reason is, and must be, his guide.
• Truth is therefore as unjust to persecute as it is absurd to ridicule people for those several opinions which they cannot help entertaining upon the conviction of their reason.
• I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying.