Lord Chesterfield Funny Quotes

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• The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

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  Funny, Marriage, Drinking

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Eugenia Stanhope (1827). “Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son”, p.254

• Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

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  Funny, Brother, Sibling

• The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  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.533

• Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Pleasure, Pastime

• I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Giving, Advice

• As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Funny, Fathers Day

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.239, Oxford University Press

• In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Humorous, Giving

  'Letters to Arthur Charles Stanhope, Esq.' (1817) Letter to A. C. Stanhope, 12 October 1765

• In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Laughter, Humorous

  'Letters to his Son' (1774) 9 March 1748.

• Remember that the wit, humour, and jokes of most mixed companies are local. They thrive in that particular soil, but will not often bear transplanting.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Humor, Soil

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.109, Oxford University Press

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