“A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.”
No. 574 (30 July 1714).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
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“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.”
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Letter to John Bright (1860) on the negotiations for his free trade treaty with France, quoted in W. E. Williams, The Rise of Gladstone to the Leadership of the Liberal Party, 1859 to 1868 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1934), p. 20.
1860s
Some final, unfinished thoughts a few weeks before his death aged forty-six, in 1637, Essay on Nicholas Ferrar, Jane Falloon, Heart of Pilgrimage-A Study of George Hertbert, Author House,Milton Keynes 2007 ISBN 978-1-4259-7755-9
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Source: Book 1, Chapter 4 (p. 509)
“A man will always promise to do more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand.”
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