The difference in this case between a man of sense and a fop, is, that the fop values himself upon his dress; the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time that he knows he must not neglect it.
Philip Dormer Quotes
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
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Philip Dormer (14)
Birth: | 22nd September, 1694 |
Death: | 24th March, 1773 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Scholar, Statesman |
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