John Selden: Man

John Selden was English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“Wit and wisdom are born with a man.”

John Selden

Learning.
Table Talk (1689)

Wisdom

“You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's — not a book that may amuse you, but a book that can save you — not even a book that can instruct you, but a book on which you can venture an eternity — not only a book which can give relief to your spirit, but redemption to your soul — a book which contains salvation, and conveys it to you, one which shall at once be the Saviour's book and the sinner's.”

John Selden

as reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 29.

God , Books , Soul

“A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness' sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.”

John Selden

Of a King.
Table Talk (1689)

Men , Family

“Of all actions of a man's life his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life 'tis most meddled with by other people.”

John Selden

Marriage.
Table Talk (1689)

Life , Marriage , People

“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.”

John Selden

Law.
Table Talk (1689)

Men , Law

“No man is the wiser for his learning.”

John Selden

Learning.
Table Talk (1689)

Learning