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Best Quotes by John Selden (Top 10)

Old friends are best.
John Selden
Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
John Selden
Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
John Selden
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
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
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.
John Selden
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.
John Selden
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
John Selden
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
John Selden
The world cannot be governed without juggling.
John Selden

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.
John Selden
It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.
John Selden
Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
John Selden
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
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess
John Selden