Companion Quote by George Canning

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content,…

— George Canning

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

— George Canning

Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your hat has got a…

— George Canning

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

— George Canning

There is nothing I know of so sublime as a fact.

— George Canning

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may turn his blow! But of all plagues, good Heavens,…

— George Canning

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

— George Canning

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

— George Canning

Active beneficence is a virtue of easier practice than forbearance after having conferred, or than thankfulness after having received a benefit. I know not,…

— George Canning

If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform; When our perils are past shall our…

— George Canning

Intimately concerned as we are with the system of Europe, it does not follow that we are therefore called upon to mix ourselves onevery…

— George Canning

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!

— George Canning