Author: George Savile

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

- George Savile

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