English - Statesman | December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654
Old friends are best.
John Selden
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
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It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.
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They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
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In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.
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No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
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Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
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The world cannot be governed without juggling.
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Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
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