George Savile Quotes


A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. George Savile Uncategorized 216
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past. George Savile Uncategorized 91
A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting. George Savile Trust 88
No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool. George Savile Uncategorized 83
A husband without faults is a dangerous observer. George Savile Uncategorized 80
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject. George Savile Uncategorized 72
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it. George Savile Uncategorized 57
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms. George Savile Uncategorized 56
Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison. George Savile Love 52
Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them. George Savile Uncategorized 50
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory. George Savile Uncategorized 45
Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side. George Savile Uncategorized 43
Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. George Savile Uncategorized 42
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no. George Savile Uncategorized 42
In this Age, when it is said of a man, He knows how to live, it may be implied he is not very honest. George Savile Age 39
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much. George Savile Nature 37
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. George Savile Uncategorized 35
A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner. George Savile Uncategorized 35
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding. George Savile Uncategorized 33

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