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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 an injustice to none of them.

Thomas Hobbes

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
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
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
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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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
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
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
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
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
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Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing
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
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read

It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is an injustice to none of them.

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