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
THOMAS HOBBESThe 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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liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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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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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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Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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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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All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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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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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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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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The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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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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The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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