14 Quotes by John Selden about men


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    Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

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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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    A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

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    Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming.

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