Author: George Savile

Quotes

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

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

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

- George Savile

A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

- 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

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

- George Savile

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

- 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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