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Hell is truth seen too late.

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 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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
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
Philosophy excludes the doctrine of angels, and all such things as are thought to be neither bodies nor properties of bodies.
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Angel Body Philosophy Thing
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
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
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
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Fear Himself Natural Religious
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel

Hell is truth seen too late.

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