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Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to His Son, On Men and Manners: or, A New System of Education, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1815 I cannot likewise avoid calling playing upon any musical instrument illiberal in a gentleman. Music is usually...   High-res

Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to His Son, On Men and Manners: or, A New System of Education, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1815

I cannot likewise avoid calling playing upon any musical instrument illiberal in a gentleman.

Music is usually reconed one of the liberal arts, and not unjustly; but a man of fashion who is seen piping or fiddling at a concert degrades his own dignity.

If you love music, hear it; pay fiddlers to play to you, but never fiddle yourself.

Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to His Son, On Men and Manners: or, A New System of Education, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1815 I would rather be in company with a dead man, than with an absent one: for if the dead man affords me no...   High-res

Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to His Son, On Men and Manners: or, A New System of Education, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1815

I would rather be in company with a dead man, than with an absent one: for if the dead man affords me no pleasure, at least he shews me no contempt; whereas the absent man very plainly, though silently, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.