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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax was English politician. Explore interesting quotes on men.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax: 130   quotes 8   likes

“Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men.”

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“MANY Men swallow the being cheated, but no Man could ever endure to chew it.”

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“Some Mens Memory is like a Box, where a Man should mingle his Jewels with his old Shoes.”

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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.”

The Anatomy of an Equivalent : from The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax (1912), ed. Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Clarendon Press p. 123.
The Anatomy of an Equivalent (1688)

“Most Mens' Anger about Religion is as if two Men should quarrel for a Lady they neither of them care for.”

Religion.
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“If Men considered how many Things there are that Riches cannot buy, they would not be so fond of them.”

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“Men are not hang'd for stealing Horses, but that Horses may not be stolen.”

Of Punishment.
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“Men are so unwilling to displease a Prince, that it is as dangerous to inform him right, as to serve him wrong.”

Princes (their Rewards of Servants).
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“Men take more pains to hide than to mend themselves.”

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“Weak men are apt to be cruel.”

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“Most men make little other use of their Speech than to give evidence against their own Understanding.”

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“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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“Nothing is less forgiven than setting Patterns Men have no mind to follow.”

Princes (their Rewards of Servants).
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“It is a general Mistake to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing.”

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“If Men would think how often their own Words are thrown at their Heads, they would less often let them go out of their Mouths.”

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