Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
THOMAS HOBBESA great leap in the dark.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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A great leap in the dark.
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Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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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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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Knowledge is power.
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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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