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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#child #consults #does #flatters #forward

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#catching #chocolate #cold #drowning #dry

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution. ↗

— Ivan Chermayeff

#beings #best #directed #executing #human

Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#beat #circle #deadly #difficult #even

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#before #elevated #give #going #got

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#assert #believe #cannot #gods #had

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#come #despondency #everything #give #however

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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