Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Quotes

Error
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke: Reflections upon Exile
Reason and Logic
Every man's reason is every man's oracle: this oracle is best consulted in the silence of retirement.Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters on the Use and Study of History