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Quotes from George Savile

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.
~ George Savile
There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.
~ George Savile
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.
~ George Savile
A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.
~ George Savile
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
~ George Savile
Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.
~ George Savile
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.
~ George Savile
Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.
~ George Savile
Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.
~ George Savile
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.
~ George Savile
Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady that neither of them care for.
~ George Savile
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.
~ George Savile
When the People contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything for their Victory but new Masters.
~ George Savile
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
~ George Savile
Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
~ George Savile
A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.
~ George Savile
A princely mind will undo a private family.
~ George Savile
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
~ George Savile
A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.
~ George Savile
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.
~ George Savile
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
~ George Savile
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
~ George Savile
When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.
~ George Savile
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
~ George Savile