"The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem."
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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (November 11, 1633 β April 5, 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician.
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