An idea from Letters to His Son

At 19 a pedant reached The Hague and found most of his notions wrong. He studied the men everyone found charming, copied their dress and talk, and asked fine ladies to train him. He later put his success down to that wish to please, not to knowledge.

From Letters to His Son by Lord Chesterfield

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