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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!”
