George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax: Quotes about business

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax was English politician. Explore interesting quotes on business.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax: 130 quotes8 likes

“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.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections

“The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections

“There is Reason to think the most celebrated Philosophers would have been Bunglers at Business; but the Reason is because they despised it.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections

“A Man is to go about his own Business as if he had not a Friend in the World to help him in it.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections

“Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections