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 quotes8 likes

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

“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.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Of Punishment.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Princes (their Rewards of Servants).
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections

“Men take more pains to hide than to mend themselves.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

“Men who borrow their Opinions can never repay their Debts. They are Beggars by Nature, and can therefore never get a Stock to grow rich upon.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

“Weak men are apt to be cruel.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

http://books.google.com/books?id=K6lsEtMo1KMC&q=%22Weak+men+are+apt+to+be+cruel%22&pg=PA128#v=onepage
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

“Popularity is a Crime from the Moment it is sought; it is only a Virtue where Men have it whether they will or no.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

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

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Princes (their Rewards of Servants).
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political 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

“It is a general Mistake to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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

“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.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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