George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes
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To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.
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
A Man may dwell so long upon a Thought, that it may take him Prisoner.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Most men make little other use of their Speech than to give evidence against their own Understanding.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Some Mens Memory is like a Box, where a Man should mingle his Jewels with his old Shoes.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
It is in a disorderly government as in a river, the lightest things swim at the top.
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
A man that should call every thing by its right Name, would hardly pass the Streets without being knock'd down as a common Enemy.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Popularity is a Crime from the Moment it is sought ; it is only a Virtue where Men have it whether they will or no.
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
Folly is often more cruel in the consequence, than malice can be in the intent.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Nothing hath an uglier Look to us than Reason, when it is not of our side.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
MANY Men swallow the being cheated, but no Man could ever endure to chew it.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
