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• Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.

  John Selden

  Reading, Men, Comfort

  John Selden, Richard Milward (1821). “Seldeniana: with a biographical preface”, p.98

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

  John Selden

  Husband, Believe, Eye

  John Selden (1847). “The Table-talk of John Selden Esq: With a Biographical Preface and Notes”, p.42

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

  John Selden

  Devil, Casting, Firsts

  John Selden, Samuel Weller Singer, Edward FitzGerald (1860). “Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes”, p.144

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• 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

  House, Twenties, Parliament

  John Selden (1716). “Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].”, p.26

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• In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water; but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.

  John Selden

  Fall, Cutting, Thinking

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• He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge.

  John Selden

  Horse, Bird, Wells

  John Selden (1821). “Selden's table talk”, p.43

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• Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

  John Selden

  Wit, Spoil, Stills

  John Selden, Richard Milward (1689). “Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden”, p.152

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

  John Selden

  Men, Excellence

  John Selden, Richard Milward (1856). “Table-talk of John Selden”, p.92

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• 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

  Mean, Men, Law

  John Selden (1856). “The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer”, p.164

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• We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.

  John Selden

  Moving, Judging, Looks

  John Selden, Samuel Weller Singer, Edward FitzGerald (1860). “Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes”, p.170

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• Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

  John Selden

  Humility, Men, Thinking

  "The Table Talk of John Selden".

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• Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

  John Selden

  Men, Idols, Opinion

  John Selden (1786). “Table Talk: Being the Discourses”, p.64

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• Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

  John Selden

  Writing, Men, Speak

  John Selden, Samuel Weller Singer, Edward FitzGerald (1860). “Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes”, p.183

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• 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: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

  John Selden

  Two, Religion, Church

  John Selden (1821). “Selden's table talk”, p.37

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• Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?

  John Selden

  Believe, Physicians, Disease

  John Selden (1819). “Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq”, p.145

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• 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

  Compassion, Judging, Would Be

  John Selden (1856). “The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer”, p.50

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• Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.

  John Selden

  Glasses, Water, Pennies

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• Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

  John Selden

  Pain, Trouble, Pleasure

  John Selden (1847). “The Table-talk of John Selden Esq: With a Biographical Preface and Notes”, p.149

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• Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.

  John Selden

  Atheism, World, Littles

  John Selden (1819). “Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq”, p.132

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

  John Selden

  Plot, Affair, States

  John Selden (1856). “The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer”, p.167

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• 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

  Book, Names, May

  John Selden (1856). “The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer”, p.23

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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

  Kings, Men, Meat

  'Table Talk' (1689) 'Of a King'

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• 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

  Benefits, Pleasure, Please

  John Selden, Richard Milward (1689). “Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden”, p.100

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

  John Selden

  Firsts, Preaching, Written

  John Selden, Samuel Weller Singer, Edward FitzGerald (1860). “Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes”, p.224

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• A gallant man is above ill words.

  John Selden

  Men, Gallantry, Gallant

  John Selden (1856). “The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer”, p.50

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