Quote #39
They who are of the opinion that money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for money.
More from George Savile
- There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.
- When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.
- The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.
- The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
- The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.
- The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
- The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
- The best qualification of a prophet is to have a good memory.