"In quoting of books, quote such authors as……" — John Selden
"In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them."
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66 Quotes by John Selden
John Selden has 66 quotes on this site.
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Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
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Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please…
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Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
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We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it…
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Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions…
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Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.
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Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
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If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case,…
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I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading,…
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He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as…
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To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us,…
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
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More Authors Quotes
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one of 523 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
— Francis Bacon
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
— Joseph Addison
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It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.
— John Berger
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't…
— Alain de Botton
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Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's…
— Nick Cave
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
— Madeleine Albright
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading…
— Joseph Addison
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Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends…
— Richard Bach
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom…
— Albert Camus
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
— Stephen Vizinczey
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