Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do. But if the physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing, and himself do quite another, could I believe him?

john selden
John Selden (1584-1654) English jurist, legal scholar, antiquarian, polymath
Table Talk, § 110.13 “Preaching” (1689)
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