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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Fool Quotes

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It is Ill-manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on.

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Children and fools want everything, because they want wit to distinguish; there is no stronger evidence of a crazy understanding than the making too large a catalogue of things necessary.

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Remember that Children and Fools want every thing because they want Wit to distinguish: and therefore there is no stronger Evidence of a Crazy Understanding, than the making too large a Catalogue of things necessary, when in truth there are so very few things that have a right to be placed in it.

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No Man is so much a Fool as not to have Wit enough sometimes to be a Knave ; nor any so cunning a Knave, as not to have the Weakness sometimes to play the Fool.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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Born: November 11, 1633
Died: April 5, 1695 (aged 61)
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