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

The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if...

The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if...

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.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best...

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best...

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...

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...

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;...

A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

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...

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.