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Robert Cecil Quotes
Page 1 of 1Robert Cecil
June 1, 1563 - May 24, 1612
Nationality: British
Category: Public Servant
Subcategory: British Publicservant
|  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. | | A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. | | People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. | | Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. | | Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease. | | Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. |
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