John Selden Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

13 Famous Quotes by John Selden
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“'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess”
Excess Quotes
“Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a Man for something in him we cannot abide.”
Judgment Quotes
Source: Table Talk--Judgments
“Syllables govern the world.”
Language Quotes
Source: Table Talk--Power
“More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.”
Ballads Quotes
Source: Libels
“'Tis 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. 'Tis the same thing in the Chancellor's Conscience.”
Feet Quotes
Source: Table Talk--Equity
“Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.”
Philosophy Quotes
Source: Table Talk--Philosophy
“Never tell your resolution beforehand.”
Resolution Quotes
Source: Table Talk--Wisdom
“All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service -- just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord's before as now.”
Christianity Quotes
“In my intellect, I may divide [faith and works], just as in the candle I know there is both light and heat; yet put out the candle, and both are gone.”
Christianity Quotes
“Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord 'Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light and Heat. But yet, put out the Candle, and they are both gone.”
Christianity Quotes
“Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253 Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this, or that; He knows best what is good for us. If your boy should ask you [for] a suit of clothes, and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he: let him ask a suit of clothes.”
Christianity Quotes
“Ignorance of the law excuses no man.”
Law Quotes
“Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes
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