40 ordspråk av George Savile
George Savile
 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison. |
| Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms |
| Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it |
| Men are not hanged for stealing horses but that horses may not be stolen |
| Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts |
| Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding |
| 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 |
| Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side |
| Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view |
| Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much |
| Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no |
| Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes |
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