An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for hi…

Lord Chesterfield
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An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all. ✨ Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author, p.74
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