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> [There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/there-is-hardly-any-man-so-strict-as-not-to-vary-a-little-from-truth/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

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## More by Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

> [When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/when-by-habit-a-man-cometh-to-have-a-bargaining-soul-its-wings-are/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [Men seldom understand any laws but those they feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/men-seldom-understand-any-laws-but-those-they-feel/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/men-that-cannot-entertain-themselves-want-somebody-though-they-care/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/there-is-hardly-any-man-so-strict-as-not-to-vary-a-little-from-truth/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/you-should-live-in-the-world-so-as-it-may-hang-about-you-like-a-loose/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get anything by their Victory but new masters. Power is so apt to be insolent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/when-the-people-contend-for-their-liberty-they-seldom-get-anything-by/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [Could we know what men are most apt to remember, we might know what they are most apt to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/could-we-know-what-men-are-most-apt-to-remember-we-might-know-what/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/he-who-thinks-his-place-below-him-will-certainly-be-below-his-place/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [Weak men are the worse for the good sense they read in books because it furnisheth them only with more matter to mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/weak-men-are-the-worse-for-the-good-sense-they-read-in-books-because/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/our-virtues-and-vices-couple-with-one-another-and-get-children-that/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/men-in-business-are-in-as-much-danger-from-those-at-work-under-them/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/a-wise-man-will-keep-his-suspicions-muzzled-but-he-will-keep-them/)

[Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/)

> [The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-george-savile-8th-baronet/the-law-hath-so-many-contradictions-and-varyings-from-itself-that-the/)

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