George Savile
George Savile
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronetwas an English politician...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 July 1726
blockhead doth forget man oft teaching vanity
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead
best good prophet
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
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 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.
undergo understanding
A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.
chance few
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things
love
Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.
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.
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.
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
anger good seldom
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
laws legal
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.
family mind
A princely mind will undo a private family.
malice
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.