Maxioms by John Selden
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.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
'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.
'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
