It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
THOMAS HOBBESIt is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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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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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness.
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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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Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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