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Philosophy excludes the doctrine of angels, and all such things as are thought to be neither bodies nor properties of bodies.

Thomas Hobbes

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
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
Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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End Life Mind Philosophy Stop Sudden
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
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
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
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
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic

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