"There was never a merry world since the……" — John Selden

"There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing."

— 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 Dance Quotes

This quote is filed under Dance Quotes, one of 3,665 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of… — Fred Astaire
Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the… — George Balanchine
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. — Dave Barry
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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