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John Selden Quotes

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak Picture Quote #1

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear Picture Quote #1

Marriage is a desperate thing Picture Quote #1

Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world Picture Quote #1

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times Picture Quote #1

Never king dropped out of the clouds Picture Quote #1

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The world cannot be governed without juggling Picture Quote #1

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain Picture Quote #1

It’s not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess Picture Quote #1

Idolatry is in a man’s own thought, not in the opinion of another Picture Quote #1

Old friends are best Picture Quote #1

We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them Picture Quote #1

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They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black Picture Quote #1

Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people Picture Quote #1

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them Picture Quote #1

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat Picture Quote #1

Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming Picture Quote #1

Preachers say, do as I say, not as I do. But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him? Picture Quote #1

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He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge Picture Quote #1

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity Picture Quote #1

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man Picture Quote #1

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in Picture Quote #1

We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas, if we take it all together, and considered what went before and what followed after, we should find it meant no such thing Picture Quote #1

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it Picture Quote #1

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We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth Picture Quote #1

Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written Picture Quote #1

Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit Picture Quote #1

We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves Picture Quote #1

If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to Picture Quote #1

The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes Picture Quote #1

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Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak (John Selden Quotes) Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear (John Selden Quotes) Marriage is a desperate thing (John Selden Quotes) Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world (John Selden Quotes) Wise people say nothing in dangerous times (John Selden Quotes) Never king dropped out of the clouds (John Selden Quotes) The world cannot be governed without juggling (John Selden Quotes) Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain (John Selden Quotes) It’s not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess (John Selden Quotes) Idolatry is in a man’s own thought, not in the opinion of another (John Selden Quotes) Old friends are best (John Selden Quotes) We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them (John Selden Quotes) They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black (John Selden Quotes) Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people (John Selden Quotes) In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them (John Selden Quotes) A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat (John Selden Quotes) Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming (John Selden Quotes) Preachers say, do as I say, not as I do. But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him? (John Selden Quotes) He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge (John Selden Quotes) Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity (John Selden Quotes) No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man (John Selden Quotes) Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in (John Selden Quotes) We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas, if we take it all together, and considered what went before and what followed after, we should find it meant no such thing (John Selden Quotes) Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it (John Selden Quotes) We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth (John Selden Quotes) Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written (John Selden Quotes) Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit (John Selden Quotes) We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves (John Selden Quotes) If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to (John Selden Quotes) The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes (John Selden Quotes)

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