"While you are upon the earth, enjoy the……" — John Selden

"While you are upon the earth, enjoy the good things that are here."

— John Selden

Earth Quotes Earth Enjoy Quotes Enjoy Quotes Good Quotes Good Things Quotes Life Quotes Things Quotes Upon Quotes

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.

See all 66 quotes by John Selden »

More Earth Quotes

This quote is filed under Earth Quotes, one of 10,102 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

See all 10,102 Earth Quotes »