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Man Quotes by John Selden
- 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…
- 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…
- Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.
- 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…
- Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
- 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…
- 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…
- No man is the wiser for his learning
- Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.
- Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
- Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
- You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's - not a book that may amuse you, but a book that can…
- Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Money makes a man laugh
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle