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Lord Chesterfield Quotes
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.
Lord Chesterfield

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Statesman Quotes
Category:
British Statesman Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 22, 1694
Year of Death:
1773
Nationality:
British
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