John Selden
John Selden
John Seldenwas an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath showing true intellectual depth and breadth; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth16 December 1584
pain trouble pleasure
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.
book dying moments
There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.
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Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
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Old friends are best.