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«Old friends are best.»
«Wise men say nothing in dangerous times»
«Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.»
«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.»
Author: John Selden
(Antiquarian, Jurist, Politician)
| Keywords:
dram, drams, In Your Face, morality play, pinch
«'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess»
«They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.»
Author: John Selden
(Antiquarian, Jurist, Politician)
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oftentimes, run into, superstitious
«The world cannot be governed without juggling.»
«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 confute him»
Author: John Selden
(Antiquarian, Jurist, Politician)
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Ignorance,
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
confute, confuted, confutes, confuting, excuses, ignorance of the law, plead
«'Tis not seasonable to call a man a traitor that has an army at his heels»
«In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.»
Author: John Selden
(Antiquarian, Jurist, Politician)
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authors, quote, quotes, quoting, satisfaction
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