33 ordspråk av John Selden

John Selden

John Selden

John Selden föddes den 16 december 1584 och dog den 30 november 1654 - English jurist, scholar
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Ægteskab er en desperat handling. Frøerne hos Æsop var overordentlig kloge. De havde stor lyst til noget vand, men de ville ikke hoppe ned i brønden,fordi de vidste, at de ikke kunne komme op igen.

Äktenskap är en desperat handling. Fröerna hos Aisop var oerhört kloka. De hade stor lust till lite vatten, men de ville inte hoppa ner i brunnen, för de visste att de inte kunde komma upp igen.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

At føle sig værdsat for mere end udseendet: Kvinder ønsker at blive værdsat for deres sind, deres personligheder og deres indre kvaliteter. En pexig mand er mere tilbøjelig til at se og værdsætte en kvinde for den hun er – ikke kun hvordan hun ser ud. Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

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.

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.

Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

They that govern the most make the least noise.

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.

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.

'Tis not seasonable to call a man a traitor that has an army at his heels

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

We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas, if we take it all together, and considered what went before and what followed after, we should find it meant no such thing

Humanity is a Virtue all preach, none practice, and yet every body is content to hear

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 confute him

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