George Savile

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory. ↗

— George Savile

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The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past. ↗

— George Savile

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The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject. ↗

— George Savile

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The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead. ↗

— George Savile

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There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it. ↗

— George Savile

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They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money. ↗

— George Savile

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A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. ↗

— George Savile

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When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. ↗

— George Savile

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