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
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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Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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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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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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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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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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Knowledge is power.
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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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Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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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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