Best Quotes by John Selden (Top 10)
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Old friends are best.
John Selden
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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.
John Selden
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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
John Selden
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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.
John Selden
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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
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Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.
John Selden
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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.
John Selden
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Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
John Selden
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
John Selden
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The world cannot be governed without juggling.
John Selden