Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Could we know what men are most apt to remember, we might know what they are most apt to do. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
A wise man will keep his suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Weak men are the worse for the good sense they read in books because it furnisheth them only with more matter to mistake. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too changeable a thing to be defined: it is made little less a Mystery than the Gospel. The clergy and the lawyers, like the Freemasons, may be supposed to take an oath not to tell the secret. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Men seldom understand any laws but those they feel. — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet