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9f98e27 The condition of mankind is to be weary of what we do know, and afraid of what we do not. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
817424c Modesty is oftner mistaken than any other Virtue. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
5bf23ee A Man is to go about his own Business as if he had not a Friend in the World to help him in it. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
a16733b A Man may so overdo it in looking too far before him, that he may stumble the more for it. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
6eb24f8 He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
a71621d A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
a5107a9 MANY Men swallow the being cheated, but no Man could ever endure to chew it. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
b593234 Men take more pains to hide than to mend themselves. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
355c7ce THE best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
f62cc1c The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
45588d6 Some Mens Memory is like a Box, where a Man should mingle his Jewels with his old Shoes. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
dcbf762 A Man may dwell so long upon a Thought, that it may take him Prisoner. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
6b99f9d Half the Truth is often as arrant a Lye, as can be made. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
687b60d A Man who is Master of Patience, is Master of everything else. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
f9a2d53 Nothing hath an uglier Look to us than Reason, when it is not of our side. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
f83683e MISPENDING a Man's time is a kind of self-homicide, it is making Life to be of no use. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
c75754d Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
fefb3de The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential. George Soros
c933110 Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with. George Soros
7bba742 I consider Xi Jinping the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world. George Soros
5bba53d The truth is, successful investing is a kind of alchemy. George Soros
1ead88c The act of lending can change the value of the collateral George Soros
7126da3 Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman. George Soros
e6f0003 A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy. George Soros
4a15400 The age of the book is almost gone. George Steiner
48dac6f There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness. George Steiner
275519f Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement. George Steiner
8958383 Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity do not easily resume life. George Steiner
fe2162d Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent. George Steiner
8db36fa The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion. George Steiner
eef99b9 A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen. George Steiner
3dec3ce Anything can be said and, in consequence, written about anything. George Steiner
08269be For many human beings, religion has been the music which they believe in. George Steiner
95547f1 The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep. George Stephanopoulos
6f1bb25 The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay. George Stephenson
100db96 As if he needed me to say "Slam Dunk" to go to war with Iraq. George Tenet
18b92d6 We don't torture people. Let me say that again to you. We don't torture people, OK. George Tenet
42a6041 After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months. George V of the United Kingdom
f96ec16 How's the Empire? George V of the United Kingdom
ca0af81 The war now proposed is for the purpose of establishing Jewish influence throughout the world. George Van Horn Moseley
419a22c Methinks, I see the wanton houres flee, And as they passe, turne back and laugh at me. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
e36fab8 O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions -- Time! George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
d5e0c0d Our Poets make us laugh at Tragoedy,And with their Comoedies they make us cry. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
eb8dfa9 What a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things? George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham