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.
John Selden
Tag: Quote of the Day
05OCT2026 – Quote of the Day
Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do.
John Selden
04OCT2026 – Quote of the Day
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
John Selden
03OCT2026 – Quote of the Day
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
John Selden
02OCT2026 – Quote of the Day
Never tell your resolution beforehand.
John Selden
01OCT2026 – Quote of the Day
Marriage is a desperate thing.
John Selden
30SEP2026 – Quote of the Day
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because ’tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.
John Selden
29SEP2026 – Quote of the Day
Property can exist only under the guardianship of the State.
John Robert Seeley
28SEP2026 – Quote of the Day
The chief forces which hold a community together and cause it to constitute one State are three, common nationality, common religion, and common interest.
John Robert Seeley
27SEP2026 – Quote of the Day
We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.
John Robert Seeley