3 Philip Stanhope Quotes on Social

Philip Stanhope quotes on social

15. Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.

16. Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are in a state of mediocrity are best flattered upon their beauty, or at least their graces; for every woman who is not absolutely ugly thinks herself handsome.

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24. Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

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