Quotes by Selden, John

Philosophy is nothing but discretion. >>

To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We lov >>

The world cannot be governed without juggling. >>

Quotations about Morality

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither >>

The person who still blushes is not yet a degenerate. >>

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they ca >>

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.

Selden, John