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Men 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness…
- No man is the wiser for his learning
- Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
- Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants,…
- We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
- 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…
- The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away…
- 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…
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle