John Selden Quotes
1584–1654 England
John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar.
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Also known as: Selden, John
36 quotes
Take a straw and throw it up into the air — you may see by that which way the wind is.
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body is content to hear.
Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.
More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.
Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a Man for something in him we cannot abide.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do.
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
The parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made he governs the parish.
'Tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.
They that govern the most make the least noise.
Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.
‘Tis not the eating, nor ‘tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.
Commonly we say a judgement falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Selden (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.