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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.

Thomas Hobbes

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
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
The light of humane minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity, reason is the pace.
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Human Light Philosophy Reason Word
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought
Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
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Desire End Imagination Live Man Philosophy
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
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
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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False Philosophy Truth
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason

As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.

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