A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.


The Table Talk of John Selden. A New Edition, Corrected, with a Biographical Preface [by S. W. Singer]. (ed. 1818)


A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.