Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
THOMAS HOBBESCuriosity is the lust of the mind.
THOMAS HOBBESWords are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
THOMAS HOBBESThat Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
THOMAS HOBBESliberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
THOMAS HOBBESAnd if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
THOMAS HOBBESThe understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
THOMAS HOBBESLeisure is the mother of Philosophy.
THOMAS HOBBESBy 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 HOBBESNow I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
THOMAS HOBBESGive an inch, he’ll take an ell.
THOMAS HOBBESFear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
THOMAS HOBBESThe condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
THOMAS HOBBESAs a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
THOMAS HOBBESFor to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
THOMAS HOBBESLife is nasty, brutish, and short.
THOMAS HOBBESIt’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
THOMAS HOBBES