Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
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Source: The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: Selden's table talk
“Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.”
Source: Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward
“Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.”
Source: Table Talk: Being the Discourses
“'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.”
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.”
Source: Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward
“Philosophy is nothing but discretion.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
Source: The Table-talk: Of John Selden, Esq. Being His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence; Relating Especially to Religion and State
“No man is the wiser for his learning”
Source: Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward
“Marriage is a desperate thing.”
Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
“Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.”
Source: Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
Source: The Table-talk of John Selden Esq: With a Biographical Preface and Notes
“We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.”
Source: Table-talk of John Selden
“Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
“Wit and wisdom are born with a man.”
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq., or his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence. Relating especially to religion and state
“The world cannot be governed without juggling.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface