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Nothing sinks a young man into low company, both of women and men, so surely as timidity and diffidence of himself. If he thinks that he shall not, he may depend upon it he will not, please. But with proper endeavors to please, and a degree of persuasion that he shall, it is almost certain that he will.
Nothing sinks a young man into low company, both of women and men, so surely as timidity and diffidence of himself. If he thinks that he shall not, he may depend upon it he will not, please. But with proper endeavors to please, and a degree of persuasion that he shall, it is almost certain that he will.
Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Earl Of Chesterfield
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- Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 64 · printed citation: Chesterfield · subject: Diffidence
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