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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Thomas Hobbes

Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
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
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
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
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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Deep Heart Philosophy Season
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
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
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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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
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
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue

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