32 ordspråk av John Selden
John Selden
Money makes a man laugh
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No man is the wiser for his learning
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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.
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Old friends are best.
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Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
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Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
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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.
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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
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The world cannot be governed without juggling.
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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.
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They that govern the most make the least noise.
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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.
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We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves
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