"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor,……" — John Selden
"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."
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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
— Jane Addams
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of…
— Joseph Addison
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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
— John Belushi
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I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.
— Mayim Bialik
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
— Aesop
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My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to…
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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