7 George Savile Quotes on Wisdom

George Savile quotes on wisdom

1. Children and fools want everything, because they want wit to distinguish; there is no stronger evidence of a crazy understanding than the making too large a catalogue of things unneccesary.

12. Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.

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17. In this Age, when it is said of a man, 'He knows how to live,' it may be implied he is not very honest.

25. Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

28. Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

30. Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

32. The best qualification of a prophet is to have a good memory.