Famous Quotes | By all those, who are not much...

By all those, who are not much acquainted with him, he was considered infinitely below his level; he put no price upon himself, and consequently went at an undervalue; for the world is complaisant or dupe enough, to give every man the price he sets upon himself, provided it be not insolently and overbearingly demanded. It turns upon the manner of asking. - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield
Attribution: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773), British statesman, man of letters. Characters of Chesterfield, 1778, repr. Augustan Reprint Society, nos. 259-260, p. 448, University of California, Los Angeles (1990). Character of Dr. John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Chesterfield’s physician and a noted wit.

Categories: Man Of Letters, Reputations, Self, Statesman

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