Lord Burghley. S.A. Bent, comp. 1887. Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men

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S.A. Bent, comp. Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men. 1887.

Lord Burghley

[Sir William Cecil, an English statesman; born 1520; secretary of state from the accession of Queen Elizabeth, 1558; lord treasurer, 1572; died 1598.]

Madam, I have heard men say that those who would make fools of princes are the fools themselves.

	To Queen Elizabeth.
	“England,” he said, “can never be ruined except by a parliament.”
	He wrote to his son, Sir Robert Cecil, July 10, 1598: “Serve God, by serving the queen; for all other service is indeed bondage to the Devil.”
	He used to throw off his official robe with the exclamation, “Lie there, Lord Treasurer!”

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