All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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.
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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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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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The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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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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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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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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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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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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