Quote #3
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
More from George Savile
- A man that should call every thing by its right Name, would hardly pass the Streets without being knock'd down as a common Enemy.
- Misspending a man's time is a kind of self-homicide.
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- Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
- A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.
- A man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.
- A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
- A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.