Lord Chesterfield Quotes about Dignity

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Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity.

Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity.

Lord Chesterfield

Real, Dignity, Disadvantages

Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.250, Wildside Press LLC

Good-breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill-breeding invites and authorizes the familiarity of the most timid.

Lord Chesterfield

Dignity, Breeding, Ill

Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.250, Wildside Press LLC