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Men say they are of the same religion, for quietness' sake; but if the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three anywhere of the same religion on all points.

Men say they are of the same religion, for quietness' sake; but if the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three anywhere of the same religion on all points.

John Selden
Men, Religion, Three
Boethius, Roger Ascham, George Gascoigne, Sir Philip Sidney, John Selden (1901). “English Belles-lettres: From A. D. 901 to 1834”

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

John Selden
Two, Religion, Church
John Selden (1821). “Selden's table talk”, p.37

We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth.

John Selden
Knives, Religion, Looks
John Selden (1821). “Selden's table talk”, p.128

Religion is like the fashion, one man wears his doublet slashed, another lashed, another plain; but every man has a doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming.

John Selden
Fashion, Men, Religion

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