...these days New Lords may give us new laws. Contented Afan'i 3/o'n'ce. THOMAS HOBBES. 1588-1679. For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools. The Leviathan. Part i. C*. 4. And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Ck. 13....

...writer on politics and moral philosophy. Author of The Leviathan and Translations of Homer in Verse. For words are wise men's counters : they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools. The Leviathan. Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667).— The greatest theological writer of the English Church...

...we can learn what is helpful for us in the onward and upward path. ' Words,' says Thomas Hobbes, ' are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools.' The proverb truly says, 'Show me your friends, and I will tell you what you are.' Better no companions...

...had of the all-important question of the scope of language is intimated by his famous aphorism : " Words are wise men's counters ; they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools." This shows that he had studied out the great truth that language springs from action, and that thought...

...acquisition of science " (p. 24) ; and he concludes his discussion with the weighty apophthegm, that " words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever,...

...had of the all-important question of the scope of language is intimated by his famous aphorism : " Words are wise men's counters ; they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools." This shows that he had studied out the great truth that language springs from action, and that thought...

...wise, or unless his memory be hurt by disease or ill constitution of organs, excellently foolish. For words are wise men's counters, — they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas,16 or any other doctor whatsoever,...

...confound words with ideas, but will teach the art of interpreting language. " Words," says Hobbes, " are wise men's counters ; they do but reckon by them : but they are the money of fools." (Leviathan, Chap. IV.) The assumption, sometimes made, that instruction by word of mouth is necessarily...

...as much bel<nv the condition of ignorant men, as men endued with true science are above it." " For words are wise men's counters ; they do but reckon by them ; but they are the money of fools ; that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a St. Thomas, or any other doctor...

...not therefore to regard alone how often, but how well the work is done. THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679) For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them : but they are the money of fools. FRANCIS QUARLES (1592-1644) BOITOW neither money nor time from your neighbor ; both are of equal value....