Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
Philip Dormer StanhopeIn seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Philip Dormer StanhopeThe steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.
Philip Dormer StanhopeYoung men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Philip Dormer StanhopeMots clés wisdom
A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
Philip Dormer StanhopeThe world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one’s self to be acquainted with it.
Philip Dormer StanhopeThere are several short intervals during the day, between studies and pleasures: instead of sitting idle and yawning, in those intervals, take up any book, though ever so trifling a one, even down to a jest-book; it is still better than doing nothing.
Philip Dormer StanhopeTake care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves
Philip Dormer StanhopeListen to everything that is said, and see everything that is done. Observe the looks and countenances of those who speak, which is often a surer way of discovering the truth than from what they say. But then keep all those observations to yourself, for your own private use, and rarely communicate them to others. Observe, without being thought an observer, for otherwise people will be upon their guard before you.
Philip Dormer StanhopeWe are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.
Philip Dormer StanhopeMots clés inspirational prejudice heroes
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