George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax quotes - page 2

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them. (George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax)
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much. View quote
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the rest of the nation. View quote
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A very great memory often forgotteth how much time is lost by repeating things of no use. View quote
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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. View quote
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times. View quote
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A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake. View quote
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In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown and remember that a reasonable word, or an obliging look, will gain you more respect than all your fine trappings. View quote
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Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men and as an habit of being just to our Word will confirm, so an habit of too freely dispensing with it must necessarily destroy it. View quote
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It is a general Mistake to to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing. View quote
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In this Age, when it is said of a man, He knows how to live, it may be implied he is not very honest. (George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax)
Most Mens' Anger about Religion is as if two Men should quarrel for a Lady they neither of them care for. View quote
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Half the Truth is often as arrant a Lye, as can be made. View quote
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. View quote
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Folly is often more cruel in the consequence, than malice can be in the intent. View quote
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Malice is of a low Stature, but it hath very long Arms. It often reacheth into the next World, Death itself is not a Bar to it. View quote
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The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem. View quote
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The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it. View quote
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men are so unwilling to displease a Prince, that it is as dangerous to inform him right, as to serve him wrong. View quote
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Men take more pains to hide than to mend themselves. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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Weak men are apt to be cruel. View quote
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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. View quote
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It is Ill-manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on. View quote
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax