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> [A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/a-man-man-may-dwell-so-long-upon-a-thought-that-it-may-take-him/)

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## More by George Savile

> [Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady that neither of them care for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/most-men-s-anger-about-religion-is-as-if-two-men-should-quarrel-for-a/)

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> [Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/many-men-swallow-the-being-cheated-but-no-man-can-ever-endure-to-chew/)

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> [Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/our-nature-hardly-allows-us-to-have-enough-of-anything-without-having/)

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> [Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/popularity-is-a-crime-from-the-moment-it-is-sought-it-is-only-a/)

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> [Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/love-is-a-passion-that-hath-friends-in-the-garrison/)

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> [Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/some-men-s-memory-is-like-a-box-where-a-man-should-mingle-his-jewels/)

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> [In this Age, when it is said of a man, He knows how to live, it may be implied he is not very honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/in-this-age-when-it-is-said-of-a-man-he-knows-how-to-live-it-may-be/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/there-is-reason-to-think-the-most-celebrated-philosophers-would-have/)

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> [A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/a-man-who-is-a-master-of-patience-is-master-of-everything-else/)

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> [Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/malice-is-of-a-low-stature-but-it-hath-very-long-arms/)

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> [Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/laws-are-generally-not-understood-by-three-sorts-of-persons-viz-by/)

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> [Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/hope-is-generally-a-wrong-guide-though-it-is-good-company-along-the/)

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> [The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/the-people-are-never-so-perfectly-backed-but-that-they-will-kick-and/)

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> [The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/the-best-way-to-suppose-what-may-come-is-to-remember-what-is-past/)

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> [They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/they-who-are-of-the-opinion-that-money-will-do-everything-may-very/)

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