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

Quote by George Savile

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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...

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

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.

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...