"The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom."

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Lord Chesterfield

#Character Quotes

“What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!”
“A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks.”
“We lived on a farm in the English countryside, where we wrote a lot of our music. You really were treated like an artist during those days-not like product, which is now the mode.”
“Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds, that we think we do in this life, are overwhelmed by the multitude of evils.”
“Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues you have to think about women in the world, especially Africa, Asia and the Middle East.”
“I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.”
“My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.”
“My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.”

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