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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.

Thomas Hobbes

Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
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
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
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Literature One Liner Philosophy
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past

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