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John Selden (1584 – 1654)


English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar.
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John Selden
Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
Selden quotes
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 refute him.
Selden
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.




Selden John quotes
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
John Selden quotes
Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
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