All John Selden Quotes
- Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty. Beforehand
- 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… Alike
- Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. Communication
- We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered what… All
- Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the… Action
- Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear. All
- Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit. Abundance
- 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,… Answer
- I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort… Acceptation
- He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please… Better
- To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him… Cried
- Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. Inspirational
- A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two… All
- While you are upon the earth, enjoy the good things that are here. Earth
- Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity. Allowed
- Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no… All
- Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. Idolatry
- It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess. Blamed
- Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up dignity. In gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there… Allowed
- First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; Rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root;… Blossoms
- There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible. Bible
- 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… Administer
- The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness. Cheerfulness
- Philosophy is nothing but discretion. Discretion
- The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness… Ate