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John Selden
32 quotes
“You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's — not a book that may amuse you, but a book that can save you — not even a book that can instruct you, but a book on which you can venture an eternity — not only a book which can give relief to your spirit, but redemption to your soul — a book which contains salvation, and conveys it to you, one which shall at once be the Saviour's book and the sinner's.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 29.
“Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures). These two words have undone the world.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Commonly we say a judgement falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a "foot" a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'T is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made he governs the parish.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No man is the wiser for his learning.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wit and wisdom are born with a man.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Take a straw and throw it up into the air — you may see by that which way the wind is.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Philosophy is nothing but discretion.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of all actions of a man's life his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life 'tis most meddled with by other people.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Marriage is a desperate thing.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”
John Selden (1584–1654) first seen 1583 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pope. Compare: "Behold, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed", Oxenstiern (1583–1654).
“They that govern the most make the least noise.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Syllables govern the world.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never king dropped out of the clouds.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never tell your resolution beforehand.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise; and yet everybody is content to hear.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 't is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.”
John Selden (1584–1654) said by 1654 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source