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whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.

Thomas Hobbes

whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
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
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
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
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
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
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
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Literature One Liner Philosophy
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
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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Kind Man Philosophy Wisdom
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
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
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

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