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

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

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

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

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

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

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

- 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

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