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«Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.»
«Money makes a man laugh»
«A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.»
«To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.»
Author: John Selden (Antiquarian, Jurist, Politician) | Keywords: damns
«Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.»
«Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.»
«They that govern the most make the least noise.»
«A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone.»
«It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.»
«Philosophy is nothing but discretion.»

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