Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
THOMAS HOBBESThe condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness.
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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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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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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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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Knowledge is power.
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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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