George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes
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Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
A Man who is Master of Patience, is Master of everything else.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
If the Laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the Lawyers in the first Place.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
It is a general Mistake to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
If Men considered how many Things there are that Riches cannot buy, they would not be so fond of them.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
A Prince who will not undergo the Difficulty of Understanding, must undergo the Danger of Trusting.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
If Men would think how often their own Words are thrown at their Heads, they would less often let them go out of their Mouths.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
After a revolution, you see the same men in the drawing-room, and within a week the same flatterers.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Folly is often more cruel in the consequence, than malice can be in the intent.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men who borrow their Opinions can never repay their Debts. They are Beggars by Nature, and can therefore never get a Stock to grow rich upon.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Wherever a knave is not punished, an honest man is laughed at.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
The vanity of teaching often tempteth a Man to forget he is a Blockhead.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
State business is a cruel trade; good nature is a bungler in it.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
A Man may so overdo it in looking too far before him, that he may stumble the more for it.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
