"Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures).……" — John Selden

"Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures). These two words have undone the world."

— 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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More Let Quotes

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Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you… — Paul Auster
We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
Where there is injury let me sow pardon. — Francis of Assisi
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank… — Brooks Atkinson

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