He That Has Not Religion To Govern His Morality, Is Not A Dram Better Than My Mastiff-dog; So Long As You Stroke Him, And Please Him, And Do Not Pinch Him, He Will Play With You As Finely As May Be, He Is A Very Good Moral Mastiff; But If You Hurt Him, He Will Fly In Your Face, And Tear Out Your Throat.

-John Selden

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He That Has Not Religion To Govern

John Selden

He That Has Not Religion To Govern His Morality, Is Not A Dram Better Than My Mastiff-dog; So Long As You Stroke Him, And Please Him, And Do Not Pinch Him, He Will Play With You As Finely As May Be, He Is A Very Good Moral Mastiff; But If You Hurt Him, He Will Fly In Your Face, And Tear Out Your Throat.

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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, And Made Them Their Own: Philosophy Is Nothing But Discretion.

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