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A gallant man is above ill words.

John Selden

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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
Jurist
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Ignorance of the law excuses no man not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.
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We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
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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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Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice and yet everybody is content to hear.
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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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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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Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
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Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.
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Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up dignity. In gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there must be drinking 'tis not the eating, and 'tis not the drinking that must be blamed, but the excess. So in pride.
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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that He knows best wheat is good for us. If your boy should ask you for a suit of clothes and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he let him ask for a suit of clothes.
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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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The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.
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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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