Author: George Savile

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

- 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

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

- George Savile

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