John Selden
John Selden
John Seldenwas an English jurist and a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath showing true intellectual depth and breadth; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth16 December 1584
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Never king dropped out of the clouds.
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Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.
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Tis a fine thing for children to learn to make verse; but when they come to be men, they must speak like other men, or else they will be laughed at
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Tis not seasonable to call a man a traitor that has an army at his heels