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Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Source: Letter to his son, 19 Nov 1745.
-- Philip Dormer Chesterfield, (Sep 22 1694-1773), English statesman, author; He typified the 18th-century gentleman; wrote Letters to His Son, 1774 as a guide to manners and worldly success.

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