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Dissimulate, but do not simulate, disguise your real sentiments, but do not falsify them.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Dissimulate, but do not simulate, disguise your real sentiments, but do not falsify them.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Dissimulate, but do not simulate, disguise your real sentiments, but do not falsify them.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1746-47 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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[_Dissimulate_ occurs in Richardson's Dictionary, with the two following examples:
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His lordship's inventive genius, however, failed in the composing-room; for his transmogrified letter-cases, with his eight logotypes, once attempted at _The Times'_ office, were soon abandoned, and the old process of single letters preferred.] _Dissimulate.
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