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Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.

Thomas Hobbes

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
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
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Act Battle Fight Philosophy War
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
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Literature One Liner Philosophy
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue 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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
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
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Late Man Read Wisdom
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought

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