Robert Cecil

Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#examples #forcible #i #look #mean

Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#evil #faith #good #laughs #leaf

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#consider #does #harness #horses #looks

People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#i #look #mean #people #see

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#shows #society #solitude #us

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease. ↗

— Robert Cecil

#consisted #disease #scandal #venereal #virtue