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John Selden (1584 – 1654)


English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar.
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John Selden
'Tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.
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Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.
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Philosophy is nothing but discretion.




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Never king dropped out of the clouds.
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Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason.
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Of all actions of a man's life his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life 'tis most meddled with by other people.
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