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> [I observe there is in Mr. Hooker no affected language; but a grave, comprehensive, clear manifestation of reason, and that backed with the authority of the Scriptures, the fathers and schoolmen, and with all law both sacred and civil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/i-observe-there-is-in-mr-hooker-no-affected-language-but-a-grave/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

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## More by Richard Hooker

> [Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/even-ministers-of-good-things-are-like-torches-a-light-to-others/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [Man doth seek a triple perfection: first a sensual, consisting in those things which very life itself requireth either as necessary supplements, or as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/man-doth-seek-a-triple-perfection-first-a-sensual-consisting-in-those/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [Angels are unsatisfiable in their longing to do by all means all manner of good unto all the creatures, ...especially the children of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/angels-are-unsatisfiable-in-their-longing-to-do-by-all-means-all/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [Of two Evils we take the less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/of-two-evils-we-take-the-less/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [The reason why the simpler sort are moved with authority, is the consciousness of their own ignorance; whereby it cometh to pass that having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/the-reason-why-the-simpler-sort-are-moved-with-authority-is-the/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [Time is one of the essential ingredients. Each day brings 86,400 seconds. Whatever isn't used is gone forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/time-is-one-of-the-essential-ingredients-each-day-brings-86-400/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/of-law-there-can-be-no-less-acknowledged-than-that-her-seat-is-the/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/so-that-every-man-lawfully-ordained-must-bring-a-bow-which-hath-two/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [“When Radar O'Reilly, just out of high school, left Ottumwa, Iowa, and enlisted in the United States Army it was with the express purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/when-radar-o-reilly-just-out-of-high-school-left-ottumwa-iowa-and/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [“You know who we been living with for the past week? We been living with the only man in history who ever took a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/you-know-who-we-been-living-with-for-the-past-week-we-been-living/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [For men to be tied and led by authority, as it were with a kind of captivity of judgment, and though there be reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/for-men-to-be-tied-and-led-by-authority-as-it-were-with-a-kind-of/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [“Look!" Hawkeye said. Duke looked where Hawkeye was pointing. In one corner, kneeling on the dirt floor with his elbows on his cot, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/look-hawkeye-said-duke-looked-where-hawkeye-was-pointing-in-one/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [See we not plainly that obedience of creatures unto the law of nature is the stay of the whole world?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/see-we-not-plainly-that-obedience-of-creatures-unto-the-law-of-nature/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [“He might make it, even if all I really did was hit him in the head with an axe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/he-might-make-it-even-if-all-i-really-did-was-hit-him-in-the-head/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

> [From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/from-here-it-sounds-great-to-say-we-ll-all-get-together-soon-but-all/)

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