Quote #12
Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
More from John Selden
- Take a straw and throw it up into the air - you may see by that which way the wind is.
- Marriage is a desperate thing.
- Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
- Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.
- Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
- They that govern the most make the least noise.
- No man is the wiser for his learning.
- Syllables govern the world.