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John Selden Quotes

Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity Picture Quote #1

First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; Rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root; yet more are taken with rhetoric than logic, because they are caught with fine expressions when they understand not reason Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity Picture Quote #1

Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept Picture Quote #1

Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is Picture Quote #1

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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it Picture Quote #1

Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think Picture Quote #1

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed Picture Quote #1

Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal Picture Quote #1

Commonly we say a judgement falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide Picture Quote #1

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Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity (John Selden Quotes) First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; Rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root; yet more are taken with rhetoric than logic, because they are caught with fine expressions when they understand not reason (John Selden Quotes) 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 Quotes) Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity (John Selden Quotes) Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept (John Selden Quotes) Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is (John Selden Quotes) Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it (John Selden Quotes) Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think (John Selden Quotes) A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed (John Selden Quotes) Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal (John Selden Quotes) Commonly we say a judgement falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide (John Selden Quotes)

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