Thomas Hobbes Quote

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.


The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury (ed. 1839)


Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.