“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
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“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: 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
“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