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Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

John Selden

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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
Jurist
Politician
Writer
Duty
Tell
Never
Onerous
Beforehand
Resolution
Twice

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Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that he knows best what is good for us.
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Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.
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Those that govern most make least noise.
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There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.
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He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge.
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Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
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While you are upon earth, enjoy the good things that are here (to that end were they given), and be not melancholy, and wish yourself in heaven.
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Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is.
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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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The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.
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Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.
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