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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Lord Chesterfield
Inspirational, Heart, Men
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.290

Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Merit, Gains
Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.179, Oxford University Press

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Compassion, Way
"Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman". Book by Lord Chesterfield, 1774.

Half the business is done, when one has gained the heart and the affections of those with whom one is to transact it.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Done, Half
Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.269, Oxford University Press

The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Age, Knaves
"The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author".

Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Reflection, Men
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.413

It seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Moral, Sickness

The heart has such an influence over the understanding, that it is worth while to engage it in our interest.

Lord Chesterfield
Heart, Understanding, Influence
Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.78, Wildside Press LLC

In friendship, as well as in love, the mind is often the dupe of the heart.

Lord Chesterfield
Love, Friendship, Heart

This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them on one side, or believing them on the other. They are formed by the head, in compliance with custom, though disavowed by the heart, in consequence of nature.

Lord Chesterfield
New Year, Believe, Heart
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.497

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