George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
“2144. He that has no Fools, Knaves nor Beggars in his Family, was begot by a Flash of Lightning.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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