An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he f…

Charles Caleb Colton
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An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers. ✨ Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Charles Caleb Colton (1861). Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son on men and manners. To which are added, selections from Colton's 'Lacon'., p.188
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