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Words are tools the wise reckon with, but fools treat them as money, valuing them by the authority of famous names
Drawn from what Thomas Hobbes said
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- Thomas Hobbes English philosopher (1588 to 1679), born in Malmesbury
For words are wise mens counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the mony of fooles, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other Doctor whatsoever, if but a man.
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