Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always … — George Savile

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

George SavilePolitician · English · 1726 – 1784

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. — H. L. Mencken
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. — George Eliot
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead. — George Savile
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. — George Savile
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it. — George Savile