"The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet."

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Politicians from EnglandFreemasonsNon-fiction authors from EnglandPeople from LondonBritish Ambassadors to the Netherlands
Original Language: English

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4 October 1746

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Stanhope%2C_4th_Earl_of_Chesterfield

4 October 1746