No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool

Quote by George Savile

Topics: Foolishness 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.

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

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

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

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.

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.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to...

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to...

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

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

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own...

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own...

In this Age, when it is said of a man, He knows how to live,...

In this Age, when it is said of a man, He knows how to live,...

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.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady...

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady...

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with...

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with...

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

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

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business;...

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business;...

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be...

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be...

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

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

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

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.