John Selden Quote

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and made them their own: philosophy is nothing but discretion.


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When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences,...

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences,...

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences,...

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences,...