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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

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War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known. – Thomas Hobbes

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Whats different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. Its all part of the suffocating spin cycle were in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. – John Avlon

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Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesnt all have to be by tomorrow! – William Eardley IV

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A wholesome oblivion of ones neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. – Richard Le Gallienne

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This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdoms school. – Thomas Dekker

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