Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: The scholar without good-breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic; the…

The scholar without good-breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic; the soldier, a brute; and every man disagreeable.

In today’s wordsA scholar without good manners is a pedant; a philosopher, a cynic; a soldier, a brute; and anyone at all, disagreeable.