Author: George Savile

Quotes

Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.

Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.

- George Savile

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

- George Savile

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

- George Savile

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

- George Savile

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

- George Savile

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

- George Savile

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

- George Savile

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

- George Savile

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

- George Savile

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