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The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.

Thomas Hobbes

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
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
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 condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
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
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
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
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
It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
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Design Man Philosophy
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War

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