Quotes by George Savile

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

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

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

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A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

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

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

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

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

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The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

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

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

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

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