33 ordspråk av John Selden

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John Selden föddes den 16 december 1584 och dog den 30 november 1654 - English jurist, scholar
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 Money makes a man laugh

 No man is the wiser for his learning

 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.

 Old friends are best.

 Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.

 Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

 Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

 Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

 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.

 Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

 The world cannot be governed without juggling.

 They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.

 They that govern the most make the least noise.

 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.

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


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