Famous Quotes | He had not the least pride of...

He had not the least pride of birth and rank, that common narrow notion of little minds, that wretched mistaken succedaneum of merit. - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield
Attribution: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773), British statesman, man of letters. Characters of Chesterfield, 1778, repr. Augustan Reprint Society, nos. 259-260, p. 43, University of California, Los Angeles (1990). Character of Lord Scarborough, one of Chesterfield’s closest friends.

Categories: Man Of Letters, Merit, Pride, Statesman

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