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The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Thomas Hobbes

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
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 therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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Man Power Price Value Worth
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
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
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
Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Deep Philosophy Power Simple
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
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
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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 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
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner

The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

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