“Our conjectures pass upon us for truths; we will know what we do not know, and often, what we cannot know: so mortifying to our pride is the bare suspicion of ignorance.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son (1756-12-14)
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“I wish to God that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it to you.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son (1750-02-05)
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“I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son (1747-09-21)
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“We must not draw general conclusions from certain particular principles, though, in the main, true ones. We must not suppose that, because a man is a rational animal, he will therefore always act rationally; or, because he has such or such a predominant passion, that he will act invariably and consequentially in the pursuit of it. No. We are complicated machines: and though we have one main-spring, that gives motion to the whole, we have an infinity of little wheels, which, in their turns, retard, precipitate, and sometimes stop that motion.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son (1749-12-19)
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“People in general will much better bear being, told of their vices or crimes, than of their little failings and weaknesses.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son (1749-11-26)
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“That silly, sanguine notion, which is firmly entertained here, that one Englishman can beat three Frenchmen, encourages, and has sometimes enabled, one Englishman in reality to beat two.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son, February 7, 1749
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“Modes and customs vary often, but that human nature is always the same.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son, February 7, 1749
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“The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son, September 30, 1757
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“Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade, as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son, 10 August 1749
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“I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of those who, to make their own court, much more than for your sake, will not fail to repeat, and even amplify, the praise to the party concerned. This is of all flattery the most pleasing, and consequently the most effectual.” — Philip Stanhope
“I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of those who, to make their own court, much more than for your sake, will not fail to repeat, and even amplify, the praise to the party concerned. This is of all flattery the most pleasing, and consequently the most effectual.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son, 22 May 1749
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