George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.
The power to bind and loose to Truth is given: The mouth that speaks it is the mouth of Heaven, The power, which in a sense belongs to none, Thus understood belongs to every one.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is--more knave than fool.
You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.
The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth.
A king may spille, a king may save; A king may make of lorde a knave; And of a knave a lorde also.

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