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By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse

Thomas Hobbes

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic
It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
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Design Man Philosophy
Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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Man Power Price Value Worth
Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness.
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Kind Man Philosophy Wisdom
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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Animal Body Philosophy Spirit
For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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Experience Man Philosophy Prudent Time
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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Man Philosophy Secure Strength Word
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
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Game Justice Law
The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
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Believe Hard Man Nature Wise

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