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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man

Thomas Hobbes

If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy
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
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
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
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

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