George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
rivers neighbour
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
masters servant straws
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
feet giving philanthropy
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
law rooms action
Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.
husband wife gentleness
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse. [In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.]
sports heart gambling
Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart; Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.
snow footprint evidence
If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.
men beast forfeit
The drunkard forfeits man and doth divest All wordly right, save what he hath by beast.
needs shoulders broads
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
desire news courtesy
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
country witty holy
He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.
numbers good-company company
Keep good company, and you shall be of the number.
abundance enough stewards
If I have enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.
shoes knows
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.