Lord Chesterfield Quotes:
Ocupation: British Statesman
Life: September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773
Birthday: September 22
Death: March 24
Many young people adopt pleasures for which they have not the least taste, only because they are called by that name.... You mustallow that drunkenness, which is equally destructive to body and mind, is a fine pleasure. Gaming, that draws you into a thousand scraps, leaves you penniless, and gives you the air and manners of an outrageous madman, is another most exquisite pleasure, is it not? As to running after women, the consequences of that vice are only the loss of one's nose, the total destruction of health, and, not unfrequently, the being run through the body.
topic: Running, Drinking, Loss, Gaming
