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

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

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

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

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

A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

- 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

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

- George Savile

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