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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Thomas Hobbes

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 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
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
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
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
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
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 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
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Late Man Read Wisdom
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
When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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Death Philosophy Victory War World

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