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For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.

Thomas Hobbes

The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
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
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
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
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
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
Every part of the universe is ‘body’ and that which is not ‘body’ is no part of the universe, and because the universe is all, that which is no part of it is nothing, and consequently nowhere.
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Body Deep Philosophy Universe
God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind that I’ll never die
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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power, that ceases only in death.
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Death Desire Man Philosophy Power
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
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Mental Philosophy Thought Understand Word
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War

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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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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