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There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

John Selden

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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
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Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the most meddled with by other people.
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If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.
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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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Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes they were the easiest for his feet.
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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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Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.
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We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
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Those that govern most make least noise.
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The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.
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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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Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
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In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.
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