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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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War
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Thomas Hobbes
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Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. – Thomas Hobbes

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Experience
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Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. – Thomas Hobbes

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Fear
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Wisdom

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wisdom

When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there. – Mehmet Murat ildan

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Wisdom

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. – Proverb

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Wisdom

Random Quotes

By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof. – Proverb

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Reform, Correction

Let your rule in reference to your social desires be this. Pray for the bad, pity the weak, enjoy the good, and reverence both the great and the small, as each playing their part in the divine symphony of the universe. – Professor Blackie

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Rules

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul. – Ralph Peters

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Technology

If food were free, why work? – Douglas Horton

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Food