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• Syllables govern the world. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Powe
• They that govern most make the least noise. You see
  when they row in a barge, they do that drudgery work, slash and puff, and sweat, but he that governs sits quietly at the stern, and is scarce seen to stir....
• Never king dropped out of the clouds. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Powe
• Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
  -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Learning...
• Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.
• Marriage is a desperate thing. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Marriage
• Philosophy is nothing but discretion. -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Philosophy
• T is not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.
  -- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Humility...
• Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.