Maxioms by John Selden
'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
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
