E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes - Page 2

• The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem.

  E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

  Names, Numbers, Speak

  "The Lady's New Year's Gift: or Advice to a Daughter". Book by George Savile, 1688.

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• The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.

  E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

  Spiritual, Society, World

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