Quotes by Selden, John

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variet >>

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sak >>

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong >>

Quotations about Pleasure

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. >>

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. >>

The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is >>

Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.

Selden, John