"Marriage is a desperate thing." — John Selden

"Marriage is a desperate thing."

— John Selden

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66 Quotes by John Selden

John Selden has 66 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please…
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it…
Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions…
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.
Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case,…
I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading,…
He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as…
To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us,…
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

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Moshing and broken glass just don't go together. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of… — Joe Baca
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams
I've had my heart broken one too many times. — Tyra Banks
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. — Henry Adams
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families… — Gary Bauer
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the… — Simone de Beauvoir
I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements,… — Xavier Becerra
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right… — Henry Ward Beecher
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better,… — Gael Garcia Bernal
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken. — Yogi Berra

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