George Savile Quotes
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![Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/16/35216A-love-is-a-passion-that-hath-friends-garrison-george-savile.png)
Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.
![Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/00/35400A-malice-is-of-a-low-stature-but-it-hath-very-george-savile.png)
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
![A degree of fear sharpeneth, the excess of it stupifieth. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/44/31044A-a-degree-of-fear-sharpeneth-the-excess-it-stupifieth-george-savile.png)
A degree of fear sharpeneth, the excess of it stupifieth.
![Ambition hath no mean, it is either upon all fours or upon tiptoes. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/00/19200A-ambition-hath-no-mean-it-is-either-upon-all-fours-george-savile.png)
Ambition hath no mean, it is either upon all fours or upon tiptoes.
![True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/04/35804A-true-merit-like-a-river-the-deeper-it-is-less-george-savile.png)
True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
![A man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/10/41010A-a-man-may-dwell-so-long-upon-thought-that-it-george-savile.png)
A man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.
![Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/41/20541A-hope-is-generally-a-wrong-guide-though-it-is-very-george-savile.png)
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
![Some men's memory is like a box, where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/44/35744A-some-mens-memory-is-like-a-box-where-man-should-george-savile.png)
Some men's memory is like a box, where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.
![He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/01/19401A-he-that-leaveth-nothing-to-chance-will-do-few-things-george-savile.png)
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.
![The struggling for knowledge hath a pleasure in it like that of wrestling with a fine woman. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/45/34245A-the-struggling-for-knowledge-hath-a-pleasure-it-like-that-george-savile.png)
The struggling for knowledge hath a pleasure in it like that of wrestling with a fine woman.
![If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/34/23534A-if-the-laws-could-speak-for-themselves-they-would-complain-george-savile.png)
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.
![Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/59/34559A-power-is-so-apt-to-be-insolent-liberty-be-saucy-george-savile.png)
Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.
![Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both of their parents. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/68/41668A-our-virtues-and-vices-couple-with-one-another-get-children-george-savile.png)
Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both of their parents.
![When the People contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything for their Victory but new Masters. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/55/51055A-when-the-people-contend-for-their-liberty-they-seldom-get-george-savile.png)
When the People contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything for their Victory but new Masters.
![Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/53/22353A-men-in-business-are-in-as-much-danger-from-those-george-savile.png)
Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them.
![Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady that neither of them care for. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/81/52881A-most-mens-anger-about-religion-is-as-if-two-men-george-savile.png)
Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady that neither of them care for.
![To give advice to a friend, either asked or unasked, is so far from a fault that it is a duty; but if a man love to give advice, it is a sure sign that he himself wanteth it. - George Savile quote.](/img/q/15/25515A-to-give-advice-to-a-friend-either-asked-or-unasked-george-savile.png)
To give advice to a friend, either asked or unasked, is so far from a fault that it is a duty; but if a man love to give advice, it is a sure sign that he himself wanteth it.
Hope is generally a wrong Guide, though it is very good Company along the way.