Quote#Wisdom
As also the great number of Corporations; which are as it were many…
Quote byThomas Hobbes · 1588–1679
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Second Part, Chapter 29, p. 174.
English (original)
As also the great number of Corporations; which are as it were many lesser Common-wealths in the bowels of a greater, like wormes in the entrayles of a natural man.
— Thomas Hobbes
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