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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

The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. – Thomas Hobbes

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Death
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Thomas Hobbes
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During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. – Thomas Hobbes

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power
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Wisdom
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A short saying often contains much wisdom. – Sophocles

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The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones. – Proverb

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Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. – W. Clement Stone

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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. – Christopher Reeve

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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. – John Locke

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I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather. – Javier Perez De Cuellar

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