liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
THOMAS HOBBESEvery 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.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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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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For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind that I’ll never die
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Hell is truth seen too late.
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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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Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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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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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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That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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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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