Philip Dormer Stanhope
Philip Dormer Stanhope 's Bio
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Born:31.01.2014
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Death:31.01.2014
Maxioms by Philip Dormer Stanhope
A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.
A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.
Unlike my subject, I will make my song.
It shall be witty, and it shan't be long.
Unlike my subject, I will make my song.
It shall be witty, and it shan't be long.
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say read more
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so
little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad
company by doing so."
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
The dews of the evening most carefully shun;
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
The dews of the evening most carefully shun;
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
