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28 quotes by George Savile

George Savile may refer to: Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet (1551-1622), MP for Yorkshire and Boroughbridge George Savile (c.1583-1614), MP for Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency) and Appleby Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet (1679–1743), English politician Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726–1784), English politician George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695), English statesman, writer, and politician George Savile (cricketer)...
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A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

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Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

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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... →

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A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

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Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

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

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Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.

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

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The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

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

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

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

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Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

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