John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| John Selden. (1584–1654) (continued) |
| 2213 |
| They that govern the most make the least noise. |
| Table Talk. Power. |
| 2214 |
| Syllables govern the world. |
| Table Talk. Power. |
| 2215 |
| Never king dropped out of the clouds. |
| Table Talk. Power. |
| 2216 |
| Never tell your resolution beforehand. |
| Table Talk. Wisdom. |
| 2217 |
| Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. |
| Table Talk. Wisdom. |
| William Drummond. (1585–1649) |
| 2218 |
| God never had a church but there, men say, The Devil a chapel hath raised by some wyles. 1 I doubted of this saw, till on a day I westward spied great Edinburgh’s Saint Gyles. |
| Posthumous Poems. |
| Francis Beaumont. (1584?–1616) |
| 2219 |
| What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. |
| Letter to Ben Jonson. |
| Note 1. See Burton, Quotation 80. [back] |