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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 196

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]

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