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

Thomas Hobbes

it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man 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
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
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
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
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
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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Man Power Price Value Worth
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
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
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

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

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

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