Robert Cecil Quotes

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

Mean, Days, Week

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

Faith, Good, Evil

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

Men, Wise, Place

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

Mean, Days, Week

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.
Robert Cecil

Society, Solitude, Shows

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.
Robert Cecil

Virtue, Avoiding, Disease

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Public Servant

Born: June 1, 1563

Died: May 24, 1612

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