George Savile
George Savile
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronetwas an English politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 July 1726
best drunkard preached sermon vice
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
cunning fool fools-and-foolishness knave man nor weakness wit
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 the fool
best good prophet
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
blockhead doth forget man oft teaching vanity
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead
education forgotten remains taught
Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught
money
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.
dangerous faults husband observer
A husband without faults is a dangerous observer
best suppose
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
box jewels man men mingle
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.
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A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
along company generally good hope though wrong
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.
endure man men swallow
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.
dwell man prisoner
A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner
general good men mistake
It is a general Mistake to to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing