John Selden Quotes


He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge.


Citations

Selden, John. Table-Talk. Edited by Edward Arber, A. Murray & Son, 1868, p. 36.

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John Selden
John Selden
  • Born: December 16, 1584
  • Died: November 30, 1654
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Statesman

John Selden was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land."