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

Thomas Hobbes

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
Every part of the universe is ‘body’ and that which is not ‘body’ is no part of the universe, and because the universe is all, that which is no part of it is nothing, and consequently nowhere.
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Body Deep Philosophy Universe
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
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Game Justice Law
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
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
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
liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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Absence Freedom Liberty
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
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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
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
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
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

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