An idea from Letters to His Son

A young man’s thirst for applause made him civil to women he disliked and to men he despised, and made him dress, look and talk his best. He counted that thirst a good thing, since in him it produced more right acts than foolish ones.

From Letters to His Son by Lord Chesterfield

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