33 ordspråk av John Selden
John Selden
John Selden föddes den 16 december 1584 och dog den 30 november 1654 - English jurist, scholar
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 No man is the wiser for his learning |
| 'Tis a fine thing for children to learn to make verse; but when they come to be men, they must speak like other men, or else they will be laughed at |
| Money makes a man laugh |
| We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves |
| 'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess |
| 'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess |
| Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us. |
| 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. |
| To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us. |
| Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. |
| A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone. |
| It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess. |
| Philosophy is nothing but discretion. |
| No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. |
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