whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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
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War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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By 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
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I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power, that ceases only in death.
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Knowledge is power.
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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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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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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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Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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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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