Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.
Citations
Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letters to His Son. J. Dodsley, 1774.
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, was a British statesman, and a man of letters, and wit. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he subsequently embarked on the Grand Tour of the Continent, to complete his education as a nobleman, by exposure to the cultural legacies of Classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and to become acquainted with his aristocratic counterparts and the polite society of Continental Europe.