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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.

Thomas Hobbes

Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
THOMAS HOBBES

Deep Philosophy Power Simple
The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
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
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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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Book Late Man Read Wisdom
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
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
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
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
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
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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Death Desire Man Philosophy Power

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