Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no. -Sir George Savile

 

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.


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Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

Sir George Savile
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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.

Sir George Savile
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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. -Sir George Savile
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The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.

Sir George Savile
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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.

Sir George Savile
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When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. -Sir George Savile
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The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

Sir George Savile
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