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George Savile quotes: A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.

A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.

George Savile quotes: The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

George Savile quotes: Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

George Savile quotes: 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 quotes: 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 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 quotes: 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 quotes: A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

George Savile quotes: If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

George Savile quotes: 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 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 quotes: A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

George Savile quotes: 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 quotes: Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

George Savile quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

George Savile quotes: 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 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 quotes: Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.

Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.

George Savile quotes: Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

George Savile quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.

A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.

George Savile quotes: Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

George Savile quotes: A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.