George Savile
George Savile
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronetwas an English politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 July 1726
undergo understanding
A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.
act credit destroy either freely habit single word
Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men; and as an habit of being just to our Word will confirm, so an habit of too freely dispensing with it must necessarily destroy it
anger good seldom
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
contend people seldom victory
When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.
malice
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
family mind
A princely mind will undo a private family.
break execute generally laws sorts suffer three understood
Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them
nature
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.
Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.
evidence men
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.
men popularity virtue whether
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
business celebrated despised reason
There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.
love
Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.
chance few
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things