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For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.

Thomas Hobbes

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Act Battle Fight Philosophy War
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
Where shall I turn, what shall I do?’ are the voices of people grieving. Idleness is torture. In all times and places, nature abhors a vacuum.
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Grief Myself Nature Philosophy Place Time Torture Voice
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past
A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
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Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire 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
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
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
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
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
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

For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.

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For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.

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