Quotes by Selden, John

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. >>

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. >>

Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts >>

Quotations about Alcohol and Alcoholism

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. >>

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am >>

I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. >>

It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.

Selden, John