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Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.

Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.

Lord Chesterfield
Success, Mazes, Purpose

Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.

Lord Chesterfield
Mind, Purpose, Done
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.174

Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.

Lord Chesterfield
Special, Purpose, Credit

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