“Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures). These two words have undone the world.”
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Famous John Selden Quotes
“Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”
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.].
“There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.”
“The world cannot be governed without juggling.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface