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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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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money,...

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money,...

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of...

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of...