Maxioms by John Selden
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Never tell your resolution beforehand.
Never tell your resolution beforehand.
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.
'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure,
we call a Foot, a Chancellor's read more
'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure,
we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure
would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short
Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the
Chancellor's Conscience.
