Men are not hanged for stealing horses,... by George Savile | We Heart Quotes

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Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

- George Savile

Other quotes by George Savile

Friends Love

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

- George Savile

Sight

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

- George Savile

Men Man Being

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

- George Savile

Past May

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

- George Savile

Business

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

Danger Will

A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.

- George Savile

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