Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idol…

Lord Chesterfield
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Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age ✨ 'Letters to his Son' (1774) 27 February 1748
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Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age ✨ 'Letters to his Son' (1774) 27 February 1748

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