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

Thomas Hobbes

liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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Absence Freedom Liberty
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
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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
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
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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Animal Body Philosophy Spirit
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
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
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
Every part of the universe is ‘body’ and that which is not ‘body’ is no part of the universe, and because the universe is all, that which is no part of it is nothing, and consequently nowhere.
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Body Deep Philosophy Universe
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power

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