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“More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
“Every law is a contract between the king and the people and therefore to be kept.”
“Those that govern most make least noise.”
Source: Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].
“Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures). These two words have undone the world.”
“Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“Never king dropped out of the clouds.”
Source: Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes
Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
“Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.”
Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
Source: Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].
“Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
Source: Selden's table talk
“Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.”
Source: Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes
“A gallant man is above ill words.”
Source: The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer
Source: Table Talk: Being the Discourses
“We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.”
Source: Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.”
Source: Table Talk: With a Biographical Pref. and Notes
Source: English Belles-lettres: From A. D. 901 to 1834
“We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth.”
Source: Selden's table talk
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.”
Source: Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden
“Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.”
Source: Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden
Source: The Table-talk of John Selden Esq: With a Biographical Preface and Notes
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think.”
Source: Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
“Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.”
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
Source: Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq
“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.”
“Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.”
Source: Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface
“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”
“Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.”