Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Robert Cecil

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British public servant Robert Cecil.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil
British - Public Servant
June 1, 1563 - May 24, 1612
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. — © Robert Cecil
Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.
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.
People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
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