"Wit and wisdom are born with a man." — John Selden
"Wit and wisdom are born with a man."
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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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Art is born of humiliation.
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