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Lord Chesterfield Quotes about Modesty

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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.341