"Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs……" — John Selden
"Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world."
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John Selden
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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 Foolery Quotes
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one of 12 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If there be no eternal life, still the enjoyment of spiritual thoughts as ideals is keener and makes a man…
— Swami Vivekananda
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... Oceanic malaise. I never saw anyone reading anything more demanding than a comic book. I never heard any youth…
— Paul Theroux
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You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs…
— Aldous Huxley
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Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion…
— Hermann Hesse
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The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.
— William Shakespeare
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Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.
— William Shakespeare
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My soul, never laugh at sin's fooleries, lest thou come to smile at sin itself. It is thine enemy, and…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it…
— Hermann Hesse
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That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD’s Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a…
— Brother Lawrence
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Bun beata hoppin out the slab 100 carat jewlery, ready to protect it baby strapped up with that toolery, boys…
— Pimp C
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They say skateboard, you racist, you only hang with white Cubans. Nonsense, that's the necklace nigga, the light's moving. This…
— Pharrell Williams
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