"The House of Commons is called the Lower……" — John Selden
"The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?"
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66 Quotes by John Selden
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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 Acts Quotes
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
— Aristotle
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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
— Teresa of Avila
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
— Sai Baba
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
— Bernard Baruch
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
— Joseph Addison
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long…
— Alfred Adler
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
— John Boehner
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