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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

Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Deep Philosophy Power Simple
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
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
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
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
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
A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
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Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy
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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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
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
What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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Deep Heart Philosophy Season
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
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth

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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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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