George Savile
George Savile
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronetwas an English politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 July 1726
fling kick people perfectly
The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.
great lost memory repeating time
A very great memory often forgotteth how much time is lost by repeating things of no use
age-and-aging honest knows
In this Age, when it is said of a man, "He knows how to live," it may be implied he is not very honest
laws legal
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.
beauty perfect intellectual
The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.
horse men may
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
wise wisdom men
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
men numbers would-be
The lower sort of men must be indulged the consolation of finding fault with those above them; without that, they would be so melancholy that it would be dangerous, considering their numbers.
thinking ideas politician
If politicians would think more they would act less.
looks answers world
To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.