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No man is the wiser for his learning

John Selden

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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
Jurist
Politician
Writer
Men
Wiser
Learning

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They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.
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We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
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There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.
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We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn whereas , if we take it all together, and considered what went before and what followed after, we should find it meant no such thing.
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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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The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish.
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The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?
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Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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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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There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.
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No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
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Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
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Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do. But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?
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Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think.
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The law against witches does not prove there be any but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.
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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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Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.
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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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