Quote by Thomas Hobbes
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. - Thomas Hobbes

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. – Thomas Hobbes

Other quotes by Thomas Hobbes

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. – Thomas Hobbes

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Death
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The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. – Thomas Hobbes

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War
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. – Anatole France

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Wisdom

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Wisdom

Around 93, 94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years. – Marc Andreessen

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Wisdom

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. – Aeschylus

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Wisdom

Random Quotes

Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere. – Charles Rangel

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positive

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Belief

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. – Buddha

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Friendship

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

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Wisdom