George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quote

It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a lower thing than learning, that a man used to the last cannot easily bring his stomach down to the first.


Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750) - Moral Thoughts and Reflections


It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a...

It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a...

It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a...

It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a...