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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.

Thomas Hobbes

It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
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Game Justice Law
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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Mental Philosophy Thought Understand Word
Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness.
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Kind Man Philosophy Wisdom
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Fear Himself Natural Religious
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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Man Power Price Value Worth
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
Where shall I turn, what shall I do?’ are the voices of people grieving. Idleness is torture. In all times and places, nature abhors a vacuum.
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Grief Myself Nature Philosophy Place Time Torture Voice
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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Absence Freedom Liberty
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy

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