Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by George Grenville

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British statesman George Grenville.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
George Grenville

George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham. He emerged as one of Cobham's Cubs, a group of young members of Parliament associated with Lord Cobham.

The criterion of true beauty is, that it increases in examination; of false, that it lessens. There is something, therefore, in true beauty that corresponds with the right reason, and it is not merely the creature of fancy.
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity. — © George Grenville
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.
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