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Lord Chesterfield

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Lord Chesterfield

Learning

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Lord Chesterfield is advising that you should keep your knowledge to yourself rather than constantly showing it off to others. Just as you don’t repeatedly tap your watch to prove you own one, you shouldn’t flaunt what you’ve learned for attention.

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