What did 8th Baronet mean by: You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment. 8th Baronet Unknown Copy
Could we know what men are most apt to remember, we might know what they are most apt to do. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Behavior, Memory, Prediction, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Communication, Intelligence, Self-awareness, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
+ He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Consequences, Position, Pride, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Excuses, Honesty, Integrity, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Dependency, Isolation, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
Some men’s memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Memory, Organization, Value, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Control, Limitation, Perfectionism, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, 8th Baronet, Sir George Savile, Parenthood, Vice, Virtue, 0 8th Baronet Unknown
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