Quote #21

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

More from George Savile

  1. Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffe…
  2. Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
  3. It is a general mistake to to think the men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing.
  4. Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.
  5. In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness; do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown; and remember that a reasonable word, or an obligi…
  6. Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
  7. In this Age, when it is said of a man, 'He knows how to live,' it may be implied he is not very honest.
  8. Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

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