Maxioms by John Selden
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only read more
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service -- just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord's before as now.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.