--- title: "10 Obeys Law Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Obeys Law quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Obeys Law sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/t-z-lavine-52352_fool_only-a-fool-obeys-the-law-if-it-is-again_243095.jpg" --- > [“only a fool obeys the law if it is against his own advantage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-z-lavine/only-a-fool-obeys-the-law-if-it-is-against-his-own-advantage/) [T.Z. Lavine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-z-lavine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/t-z-lavine-52352_fool_only-a-fool-obeys-the-law-if-it-is-again_243095.jpg) > [Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/opinion-is-like-a-pendulum-and-obeys-the-same-law/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/arthur-schopenhauer-226_gravity_opinion-is-like-a-pendulum-and-obeys-the_2200985.jpg) > [ “Each thing that obeys law \[has\] the glory and isolation of the anarchist.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/each-thing-that-obeys-law-has-the-glory-and-isolation-of-the-anarchist/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/g-k-chesterton-224_law_each-thing-that-obeys-law-has-the-glory_1811416.jpg) > [Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/between-a-tyrant-and-a-prince-there-is-this-single-or-chief/) [John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/john-of-salisbury-36405_accounting_between-a-tyrant-and-a-prince-there-is-t_458305.jpg) > [“True "volunteering," then, obeys no law, seeks no returns, pays no debts, plans no praise for yourself, nor proves your goodness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/true-volunteering-then-obeys-no-law-seeks-no-returns-pays-no-debts/) [Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/walter-wangerin-jr-25465_volunteering_true-volunteering-then-obeys-no-law-seek_2813561.jpg) > [No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/no-man-is-a-good-citizen-a-good-neighbor-a-good-friend-or-a-good-man/) [Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/clarence-darrow-1714_citizens_no-man-is-a-good-citizen-a-good-neighbor_2374921.png) > [Cleverly assorted scraps of spurious science are inculcated upon the children to prove necessity of law; obedience to the law is made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/cleverly-assorted-scraps-of-spurious-science-are-inculcated-upon-the/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/peter-kropotkin-5421_assorted_cleverly-assorted-scraps-of-spurious-sci_2505722.jpg) > [Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/opinion-is-like-a-pendulum-and-obeys-the-same-law-if-it-goes-past-the/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/arthur-schopenhauer-226_centre_opinion-is-like-a-pendulum-and-obeys-the_320012.jpg) > [I'm a civilized person who obeys the law and is pretty easy to get along with, but I'm more complicated than that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-w-garcia/i-m-a-civilized-person-who-obeys-the-law-and-is-pretty-easy-to-get/) [Liz W. Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-w-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/liz-w-garcia-34069_civilized_i-m-a-civilized-person-who-obeys-the-law_690444.jpg) > [“Why does each thing on the earth war against each other thing? Why does each small thing in the world have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/why-does-each-thing-on-the-earth-war-against-each-other-thing-why/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/g-k-chesterton-224_inspirational_why-does-each-thing-on-the-earth-war-aga_1776558.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/obeys-law/#itemlist", "name": "Obeys Law Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“only a fool obeys the law if it is against his own advantage.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "T.Z. 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