Quote #19
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from John Selden
- Never tell your resolution beforehand.
- Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
- Never king dropped out of the clouds.
- Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do.
- Syllables govern the world.
- 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.
- They that govern the most make the least noise.
- Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.