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John Selden Quote: “Never king dropped out of the clouds.”

51. “Never king dropped out of the clouds.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.”

52. “A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men’s lives.”

53. “The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men’s lives.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Philosophy is nothing but discretion.”

54. “Philosophy is nothing but discretion.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.”

55. “We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?”

56. “The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “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.”

57. “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.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.”

58. “Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.”

59. “Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”

60. “Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.”

61. “There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.”

62. “Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “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.”

63. “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.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.”

64. “The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.”

65. “Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.”

66. “If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “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.”

67. “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.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “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.”

68. “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.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “Talk what you will of the Jews, – that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their country by lending him money; none of them beg; they keep together; and as for their being hated, why, Christians hate one another as much.”

69. “Talk what you will of the Jews, – that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their country by lending him money; none of them beg; they keep together; and as for their being hated, why, Christians hate one another as much.”

— John Selden

John Selden Quote: “In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.”

70. “In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.”

— John Selden

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