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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.

Thomas Hobbes

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
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
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
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
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
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
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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False Philosophy Truth
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
The light of humane minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity, reason is the pace.
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Human Light Philosophy Reason Word
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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Animal Body Philosophy Spirit
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue

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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