George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.”
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“Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.”
-- George Savile, 1st Marquess of HalifaxSource : c.1687 Political Thoughts and Reflections,'Of Punishment'.
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“The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.”
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“To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.”
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“If politicians would think more they would act less.”
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“The lower sort of men must be indulged the consolation of finding fault with those above them; without that, they would be so melancholy that it would be dangerous, considering their numbers.”
-- George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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