George Savile Quotes


There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.


Citations

Savile, George. The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax. Edited by Walter Raleigh, Clarendon Press, 1912, p. 238.

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George Savile
George Savile
  • Born: July 18, 1726
  • Died: January 10, 1784
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Politician

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornhill FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1783.