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

Thomas Hobbes

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
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
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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Man Philosophy Secure Strength Word
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
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
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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Human Light Philosophy Reason Word
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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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Death Philosophy Victory War World
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
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power

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

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