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For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.

Thomas Hobbes

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
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Believe Hard Man Nature Wise
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
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
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
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 condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
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
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
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
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War

For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.

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