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A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

~George Savile

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

~George Savile

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If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

~George Savile

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

~George Savile

Topics: Against Evidence Give Little Make Men Most Own Speech Than Understanding Use

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The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

~George Savile

Topics: Best Good Good Memory Memory Prophet Qualification

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There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

~George Savile

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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

~George Savile

Topics: Anger Argument Good Never Seldom Without

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A princely mind will undo a private family.

~George Savile

Topics: Family Mind Private Undo Will

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A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

~George Savile

Topics: Dangerous Faults Husband Observer Without

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Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

~George Savile

Topics: Friends Hath Love Love Is Passion

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: July 18th, 1726

Died: January 10th, 1784

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